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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Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

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...

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 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...

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

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.

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...

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

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...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

Where is wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

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...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

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...

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.

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...

Pride is the shirt of the soul, put on first and put off last

Pride is the shirt of the soul, put on first and put off last

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are...

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string