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

E. M. Forster · Art

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E. M. Forster

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.

Experience

E. M. Forster

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

Faith

E. M. Forster

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna.

Beauty

E. M. Forster

I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

Hope