When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

Quote by TS Eliot

Topics: Death Quotes

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.

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...

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

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...

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.

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.

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...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And...

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...

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...

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...

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

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...

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...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

Each venture is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate with shabby equipment always...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

I don't like being led on, lied to or confused. None of that, just tell...

I don't like being led on, lied to or confused. None of that, just tell...