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

Quote by TS Eliot

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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.

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 -...

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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.

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

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

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

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...

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...

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...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

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...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they...

If you've ever been around a group of actors, you've noticed, no doubt, that they...

The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

The surest way to hit a woman's heart is to take aim kneeling.

The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it...

The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it...