The tragedy of preparedness has scarcely been handled, save by the Gre…

E. M. Forster
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The tragedy of preparedness has scarcely been handled, save by the Greeks. 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. ✨ E. M. Forster (2013). Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated), p.606, Delphi Classics
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