The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but sho…

E. M. Forster
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The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art. ✨ E. M. Forster (2013). Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated), p.446, Delphi Classics
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The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art. ✨ E. M. Forster (2013). Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated), p.446, Delphi Classics

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