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I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.

T. S. Eliot

To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.
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Beautiful Courage Enough Life Man
Time for you and time for me, And time yet for a hundred indecisions, And for a hundred visions and revisions, Before the taking of a toast and tea.
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Decision Time Vision Yourself
No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest- for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude.
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Education Himself Interest Learning Ourselves Pursue
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
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Ink Literature Poet Purpose
Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past.
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Past Present Science Time
In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
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Decision Time
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity
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Creation Mental
These fragments I have shored against my ruins
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Myself Pieces Ruin
Books. Cats. Life is good.
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Book Goodness Life
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
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Election Fake Live Peace Politics
Do I dare Disturb the universe?
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Dare Myself World
There’s no vocabulary For love within a family, love that’s lived in But not looked at, love within the light of which All else is seen, the love within which All other love finds speech. This love is silent.
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Deep Family Light Love See Silence Talk
The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man
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Best Evidence Existence Future Hope Library Man
Television is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.
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Joke Listen Lonely People
It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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Rule See Wisdom
I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.
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Fear Greatness Moments Myself See

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.

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