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One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

E. M. Forster
History, Emotion, Certain
E. M. Forster (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated)”, p.655, Delphi Classics

History develops, art stands still.

E. M. Forster
Art, History, Literature
E. M. Forster (2010). “Aspects of the Novel”, p.39, RosettaBooks

It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and perhaps this is why history is so attractive to the more timid among us. We can recover self-confidence by snubbing the dead.

E. M. Forster
Self Confidence, History, Office

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