E. M. Forster Quotes

English - Novelist | January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

E. M. Forster

BookLongAlwaysThroughBecause

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius.

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ExperienceMenWorldGeniusPersonal

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

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CreativeAlwaysGreaterThanCauses

So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

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DemocracyCriticismTwoCheers

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

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HusbandKnowWantNextLikeHappens

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

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TruthEmotionsNothingOwnCertain

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

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LovePeopleUnderstandLandMore

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

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LifeMoralityMoreOrganizedSink

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

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LifeJoyMayWhoPreparedThose

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

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GrowthGenuineThemeEnglishTragic

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.

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FreedomEyesPeopleLookOnlyBeen

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.

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RespectPeopleSocietyBehaveMost

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