Of all means to regeneration Remorse is surely the most wasteful. It cuts away healthy tissues with the poisoned. It is a knife that probes far deeper than the evil.

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Howards End

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Topic

Remorse Regrets Guilt Self-improvement Personal growth

Author

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Source

Howards End

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Forster, E.M. Howards End. Edward Arnold, 1910, ch. 41.

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