The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
From E. M. Forster
A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.
Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.
Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.
Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words.
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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