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

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Affection Quotes, Jokes Quotes

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

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.

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...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

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

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

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

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.

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...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

Relationships fail because of trust issues, commitment issues and communication issues.

Relationships fail because of trust issues, commitment issues and communication issues.

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...

But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of...