82 ordspråk av E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster
E. M. Forster föddes den January 1st 1879 och dog den 7 June 1970 - English writer
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 `Can you always tell whether a stranger is your friend?' `Yes.' `Then you are an Oriental.' |
| . . . the crime of suicide lies rather in its disregard for the feelings of those whom we leave behind. |
| "Only connect." |
| [The Englishman] has been taught at his public school that feeling is bad form. He must not express great joy or sorrow, or even open his mouth too wide when he talks -- his pipe might fall out if he did. |
| A facade of skyscrapers facing a lake and behind the facade, every type of dubiousness. |
| A Passage to India |
| A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. |
| All men are equal - that is to say, who possess umbrellas. |
| 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 be large. |
| American women shoot the hippopotamus with eyebrows made of platinum |
| At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. |
| At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a yes |
| Away she hurried, not beautiful, not supremely brilliant, but filled with something that took the place of both qualities -- something best described as a profound vivacity, a continual and sincere response to all that she encountered in her path through life. |
| Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man |
| Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West. |
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Proverb (1469544 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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