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

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Applause Quotes, Laughter Quotes

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

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 -...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Desire is the very essence of man

Desire is the very essence of man

Your feet will bring you to where your heart is.

Your feet will bring you to where your heart is.