I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the most alarming developments of modern war and peace, from the point of view of those…

Quote by TS Eliot

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Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

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...

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...

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

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...

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.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

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,...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They...