Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening hour when we got on a high stool to reach down an untried volume, or sat with parted lips listening to a new talker, or…

Quote by TS Eliot

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A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

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.

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...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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,...

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

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...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

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...

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...

Dear iPod, when I put you on shuffle, what I really mean is play my...

Dear iPod, when I put you on shuffle, what I really mean is play my...

When I don't like a piece of music, I make a point of listening to...

When I don't like a piece of music, I make a point of listening to...