Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly.

Quote by T S Eliot

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This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of...

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of...