“Have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet at the same time - beautiful?”

— E.M. Forster, book A Room with a View

Variant: No, he is not tactful, yet have you ever noticed that there are people who do things which are most indelicate, and yet, at the same time, beautiful?
Source: A Room with a View

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English novelist 1879–1970

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