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

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Affection Quotes, Jokes Quotes

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

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...

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...

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 -...

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.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

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,...

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...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

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

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

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...

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...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

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...

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...

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

The most happy marriage I can picture would be the union of a deaf man...

The most happy marriage I can picture would be the union of a deaf man...

We are only young once. That is all society can stand.

We are only young once. That is all society can stand.