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

This love is silent.

This love is silent.

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

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

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...

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

I will show you fear in a handful of dust.

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.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as...

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...

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.

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,...

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante, Had a bad cold, nevertheless Is known to be the wisest...

In my end is my beginning.

In my end is my beginning.

We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for...

We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for...

It's never over till it's over

It's never over till it's over