I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

Quote by TS Eliot

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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

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...

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.

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

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

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it...

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

Marriage is an Athenic weaving together of families, of two souls with their individual fates...

Marriage is an Athenic weaving together of families, of two souls with their individual fates...

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made

By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made