Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves.

Quote by TS Eliot

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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.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

Most of us who turn to any subject we love remember some morning or evening...

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.

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

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

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought...

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...

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

All is ephemeral, - fame and the famous as well.

I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the...

I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the...