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

Quote by TS Eliot

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I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

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

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

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

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.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

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...

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

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...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders...

Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders...

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority...

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority...

If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.

If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.