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England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

E. M. Forster

Nature

England

Human nature

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

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Life

Courage

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

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

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Causes

Writers

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

History develops, art stands still.

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Art

History

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.

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Man

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.

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Information

Nothing

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

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else.

I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

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Faith

People

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

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Life

Practice