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"It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power."
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Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.
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Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time - beautiful?"A Room with a View"
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Pathos, piety, courage, -- they exist, but are identical, and so is filth. Everything exists, nothing has value.A Passage to India, 1924
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I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.as a small child
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Life is indeed dangerous, but not in the way morality would have us believe. It is indeed unmanageable, but the essence of it is not a battle. It is unmanageable because it is a romance, and its essence is romantic beauty.Howards End
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951
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