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

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Affection Quotes, Jokes Quotes

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

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...

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

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

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

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...

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 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...

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

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.

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.

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

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...

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

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

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...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

Convictions in a politician are an infirmity, and may prove a very serious injury.

Convictions in a politician are an infirmity, and may prove a very serious injury.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed,...