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

Quote by TS Eliot

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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...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

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...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

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...

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.

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.

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

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...

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...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

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...

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

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.

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...

We've been there on World Wars, it's time for World Party I.

We've been there on World Wars, it's time for World Party I.

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.