I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

Quote by TS Eliot

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I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

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...

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.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

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.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

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,...

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.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

A good poet's made as well as born.

A good poet's made as well as born.

There are abundantly more English professors in the world than there are authors.

There are abundantly more English professors in the world than there are authors.