Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Quote by T S Eliot

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It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

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 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...

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;...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

Any poet, if he is to survive beyond his 25th year, must alter; he must...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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.

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...

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

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...

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...

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

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...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

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...

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...

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.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.