Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Quote by TS Eliot

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My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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.

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

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.

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...

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

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.

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...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

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.

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...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

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...

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe...

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe...

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as...

One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as...