A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

Quote by TS Eliot

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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...

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...

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...

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

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

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

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

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.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

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.

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.

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...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

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

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

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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...

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...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

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...

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent...

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent...

When you want it, you cant get it, and when you get it, you dont...

When you want it, you cant get it, and when you get it, you dont...