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Come Quotes by E. M. Forster
- Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is to…
- But Humanity, in its desire for comfort, had over-reached itself. It had exploited the riches of nature too far. Quietly and complacently, it was sinking…
- 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…
- 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…
- I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little…
- Take an old man's word; there's nothing worse than a muddle in all the world. It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the…
- If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run
- How can the mind take hold of such a country? Generations of invaders have tried, but they remain in exile. The important towns they build…
- I believe we shall come to care about people less and less, Helen. The more people one knows, the easier it becomes to replace them.…
- Life's very difficult and full of surprises. At all events, I've got as far as that. To be humble and kind, to go straight ahead,…
- They cared for no one, they were outside humanity, and death, had it come, would only have continued their pursuit of a retreating horizon.
- One doesn't come to Italy for niceness," was the retort; "one comes for life. Buon giorno! Buon giorno!
- When you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.
- It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race did without them for thousands of years and may decide…
More Come Quotes
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back. — Lance Armstrong
- Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and… — Lance Armstrong
- Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird. — Neil Armstrong
- Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which… — Matthew Arnold
- I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter… — Darren Aronofsky
- For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take… — Mary Kay Ash
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. — Arthur Ashe
- It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk… — Marcel Achard