Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Quote by T S Eliot

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And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

We must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be...

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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...

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who...

It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who...

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent...

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper

The prophecies are to be unintelligible to the ungodly but intelligible to those who are...

The prophecies are to be unintelligible to the ungodly but intelligible to those who are...

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.

The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks.