A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

Quote by TS Eliot

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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.

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

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...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

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...

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

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

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

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.

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to...

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.