A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Affection Quotes, Jokes Quotes

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago.

Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago.