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I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

~E. M. Forster

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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.

~E. M. Forster

Topics: Books Down Farther Gone Got Influence Little Only Our Ourselves Particular Path Ready Than Those Us Which

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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

~E. M. Forster

Topics: Beauty Close Connections Nonsense

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Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

~E. M. Forster

Topics: Evil Goodness Make Only Sense Who Writer

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

~E. M. Forster

Topics: Faith Mental Mind Process Sort

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Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

~E. M. Forster

Topics: Love Lust Only Sentimentality Struggle Together Twists

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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

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Topics: Art Feel Function Make Men Only Right Right Way Small Us Way Wrong Wrong Way

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

~E. M. Forster

Topics: Belief Characteristics Curiosity Four Free Good Good Taste Human Human Race Humanism Mind Race Taste

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Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

~E. M. Forster

Topics: Before Creation Criticism Motto Speak Think You

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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

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Topics: Fond Life Make Mess Must People Them Trust

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Novelist

Born: January 1st, 1879

Died: June 7th, 1970

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