E. M. Forster

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#betraying #between #choose #country #friend

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#better #changed #characters #even #hold

So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#cheers #criticism #democracy #permits #two

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#italians #land #love #marvellous #more

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#humour #man #sense #who

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#evils #look #money #rather #tempts

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#been #eyes #freedom #grown-up #look

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#incomplete #life #never #often #sadness

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#cheers #criticism #democracy #permits #two

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#creation #criticism #motto #speak #think