The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.

Quote by TS Eliot

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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...

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...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

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

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

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

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

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,...

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...

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...

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

A dog has the soul of a philosopher.

The eyes are the mirror of the soul

The eyes are the mirror of the soul

Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust,...

Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust,...

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and...

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and...