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Are not beauty and delicacy the same?
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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London
England
Edward Morgan Forster
E Forster
EM Forster
Delicacy
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By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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Humility is a quality for which I have only a limited admiration. In many phases of life it is a great mistake and degenerates into defensiveness or hypocrisy.
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One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.
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I am an unspeakable of the Oscar Wilde sort.
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Those who search for truth are too conscious of the maze to be hard on others...
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It is easy to sympathize at a distance,' said an old gentleman with a beard. 'I value more the kind word that is spoken close to my ear.
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One has two duties - to be worried and not to be worried.
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It is devilish difficult to criticise society & also create human beings.
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