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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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

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...

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong...

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 progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

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...

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

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...

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

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...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

For last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another...

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,...

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die...

By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die...