A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

Quote by TS Eliot

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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,...

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

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...

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...

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...

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.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

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.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Webster was much possessed by death / And saw the skull beneath the skin.

Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would...

Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would...

Every generation wants to be the last. Every generation hates the next trend in music...

Every generation wants to be the last. Every generation hates the next trend in music...