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I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult.
E. M. Forster
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E. M. Forster
Age: 91 †
Born: 1879
Born: January 1
Died: 1970
Died: June 7
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Edward Morgan Forster
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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One has two duties - to be worried and not to be worried.
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As long as learning is connected with earning, as long as certain jobs can only be reached through exams, so long must we take the examination system seriously. If another ladder to employment was contrived, much so-called education would disappear, and no one be a penny the stupider.
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She must be assured that it is not a criminal offense to love at first sight.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have alike rejected.
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