Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know.

Quote by T S Eliot

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It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so...

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

In my beginning is my end.

In my beginning is my end.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career,...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and...

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Business today consists in persuading crowds.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....

Though the Jazz Age continued, it became less and less of an affair of youth....