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...

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...

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the...

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...

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...

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is...

People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.

People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.

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

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

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who...

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

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...