Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Quote by T S Eliot

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Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

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...

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...

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

April is the cruellest month.

April is the cruellest month.

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...

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

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...

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...

Home is where one starts from.

Home is where one starts from.

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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,...

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

All significant truths are private truths. As they become public they cease to become truths;...

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

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...

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,...

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.