War is not a life: it is a situation, one which may neither be ignored nor accepted.

Quote by TS Eliot

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The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

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...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

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...

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...

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

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 makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

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...

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...

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

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...

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've...

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've...

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect...

The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect...