There is nothing that will kill a man so soon as having nobody to find fault with but himself.

Quote by TS Eliot

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

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

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

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

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

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.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right...

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...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

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.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

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.

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...

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for...

We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for...

Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A...

Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A...