I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Quote by TS Eliot

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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.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

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...

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...

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

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...

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...

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

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...

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...

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...

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

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...

Sometimes it is easier to find the courage to fight, than the strength to run.

Sometimes it is easier to find the courage to fight, than the strength to run.

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.

It takes, truly, a lack of vanity and just being able to take some risks...

It takes, truly, a lack of vanity and just being able to take some risks...