Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing generations of our families, think of our grandchildren and of those yet unborn, whose faces are coming from beneath the ground.

Quote by TS Eliot

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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.

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

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...

Those who trust us educate us.

Those who trust us educate us.

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.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

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...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

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?

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 will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

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

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

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...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is...

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

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

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.

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...

When you look at the startling ruins of Nuremberg, you are looking at a result...

When you look at the startling ruins of Nuremberg, you are looking at a result...

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked...

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked...