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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Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

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,...

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...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made...

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 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...

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

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 -...

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

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...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried...

Who seeks adventures finds blows

Who seeks adventures finds blows