# Quote — E.M. Forster, Howards End

> There's nothing like a debate to teach one quickness. I often wish I had gone in for them when I was a youngster. It would have helped me no end.

- Author: [E.M. Forster](https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster.md)
- Book: [Howards End](https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster/howards-end.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/em-forster/howards-end/theres-nothing-like

## More from this book

> It is those who cannot connect who hasten to cast the first stone.

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> One death may explain itself, but it throws no light upon another: the groping inquiry must begin anew. Preachers or scientists may generalize, but we know that no generality is possible about those whom we love; not one heaven awaits them, not even one oblivion.

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> In these English farms, if anywhere, one might see life steadily and see it whole, group in one vision its transitoriness and its eternal youth, connect — connect without bitterness until all men are brothers.

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