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

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

The heart and the mind has the shortest distance but has the longest journey.

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...

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...

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 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.

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.

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,...

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...

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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...

Every sin is the result of collaboration.

Every sin is the result of collaboration.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.