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Rather Quotes by E. M. Forster
- This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a plot.…
- America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to…
- One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
- This element of surprise or mystery the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called is of great importance in a plot.
- Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.
- An acquaintance had become a lover, might become a husband, but would retain all that she had noted in the acquaintance; and love must confirm…
- It was not that ladies were inferior to men; it was that they were different. Their mission was to inspire others to achievement rather than…
- I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.
- 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,…
- He was obliged however to throw over Christianity. Those who base their conduct upon what they are rather than upon what they ought to be,…
- He educated Maurice, or rather his spirit educated Maurice's spirit, for they themselves became equal. Neither thought "Am I led; am I leading?" Love had…
- The crime of suicide lies rather in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind.
- I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children.
- It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no…
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- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
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- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong
- The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further… — Neil Armstrong
- The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov