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

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Applause Quotes, Laughter Quotes

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.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

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...

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

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.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary....

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary....

Liberation is not deliverance.

Liberation is not deliverance.