Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Achievement Quotes, Fear Quotes, Mankind Quotes

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

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

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

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

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.

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...

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

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...

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.

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

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...

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...

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.