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

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

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 had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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.

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

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...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

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

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

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

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...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

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.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have...

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You may have...