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- I don't think literature will be purged until its philosophic pretentiousness is extruded, and I shant live to see that purge, nor perhaps when it… Anything Survive
- Democracy is not a Beloved Republic really, and never will be. But it is less hateful than other contemporary forms of government, and to that… Beloved
- [...] it is right to be kind and even sacrifice ourselves to people who need kindness and lie in our way - otherwise, besides failing… Aridity
- There's nothing like a debate to teach one quickness. I often wish I had gone in for them when I was a youngster. It would… Debate
- All invitations must proceed from heaven perhaps; perhaps it is futile for men to initiate their own unity, they do but widen the gulfs between… All
- Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talks that would describe it as… Alert
- Pathos, piety, courage, they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value. Courage
- All this fame and money, which have so thrilled me when they came to others, leave me cold when they come to me. I am… All
- Self-pity ? I see no moral objections to it, the smell drives people away, but that's a practical objection, and occasionally an advantage. Advantage
- No disease of the imagination is so difficult to cure, as that which is complicated with the dread of guilt : fancy and conscience then… Act
- One can run away from women, turn them out, or give in to them. No fourth course. Course
- The book [ A Passage to India ] shows signs of fatigue and disillusionment; but it has chapters of clear and triumphant beauty, and above… All
- The middle age of buggers is not to be contemplated without horror. Age
- There is fascism , leading only into the blackness which it has chosen as its symbol, into smartness and yapping out of orders,and self-righteous brutality,… Action
- A mirror does not develop because an historical pageant passes in front of it. It only develops when it gets a fresh coat of quicksilver… Acquires
- Before the civil war, Pottibakia was a normal member of the Comity of Nations. She erected tariff walls, broke treaties, persecuted minorities, obstructed at conferences… Broke
- As for 'story' I never yet did enjoy a novel or play in which someone didn't tell me afterward that there was something wrong with… Afterward
- The story of the Fall always fascinates me as a play ground, but I cannot find any profound meaning in it, because of my 'liberal'… Always Fascinates
- Axiom : Novel must have either one living character or a perfect pattern: fails otherwise. Axiom
- But I have seen my obstacles: trivialities, learning and poetry. This last needs explaining: the old artist's readiness to dissolve characters into a haze. Characters… Alive
- Science, when applied to personal relationships, is always just wrong . Applied
- I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. Grateful
- One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life. Ethics
- What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives? Daily
- Love is always being given where it is not required. Given
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