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01c. 1901 AD

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

E.M. Forster / quote

02c. 1901 AD

History develops, art stands still.

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03c. 1901 AD

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

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04c. 1901 AD

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

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05c. 1901 AD

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

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06c. 1901 AD

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

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07c. 1901 AD

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

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08c. 1901 AD

We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.

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