What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.

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.

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.

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...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons

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 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...

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...

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,...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

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...

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

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 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.

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

Where is the Life we have lost in living?

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

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

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

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

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

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way...

Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far...