M. Forster

M. Forster
class manners gentility
For you cannot have gentility without paying for it.
real class drawing
But after all, what have we to do with taverns? Real menace belongs to the drawing-room.
obsession purity obsessed
Reformers who are obsessed with purity and cannot see that their obsession is impure.
drama sometimes life-is
. . . life is sometimes life and sometimes only a drama, and one must learn to distinguish t'other from which . . .
white race grey
The so called white races are really pinko-grey.
law erasmus moses
My law-givers are Erasmus and Montaigne, not Moses and St Paul.
mother tired dark
Belfastas uncivilised as ever--savage black mothers in houses of dark red brick, friendly manufacturers too drunk to entertain you when you arrive. It amuses me till I get tired.
said knows
How do I know what I have to say wntil I see what I have said?
dog character light
Ulysses ... is a dogged attempt to cover the universe with mud, an inverted Victorianism, an attempt to make crossness and dirt succeed where sweetness and light failed, a simplification of the human character in the interests of Hell.
pain giving publicity
Some reviews give pain. This is regrettable, but no author has the right to whine. He was not obliged to be an author. He invited publicity, and he must take the publicity that comes along.
thinking said knows
I don't know what to think until I see what I've said.
men facts he-man
No one is more triumphant than the man who chooses a worthy subject and masters all its facts.
unusual grows understood
One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.
strength strong stupid
The strong are so stupid.