Author: E. M. Forster

Quotes

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.

- E. M. Forster

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

- E. M. Forster

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.

- E. M. Forster

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

- E. M. Forster

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.

- E. M. Forster

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

- E. M. Forster

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

- E. M. Forster

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

- E. M. Forster

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

- E. M. Forster

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