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For I have known them all already, known them all—Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

T. S. Eliot

Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
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Communication Poetry Understand
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
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice.
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Change Language Voice Word
Of lovers whose bodies smell of each other Who think the same thoughts without need of speech
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Body Lover Need Talk Thinking True Love
I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.
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Greatness Learning Let Go Myself
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
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
The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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Act Greatness Reason Right Wrong
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
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.
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Myself Night Reading
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
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Inspirational Possible Risk
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
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
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Humor Serious
Books. Cats. Life is good.
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Book Goodness Life
Success is relative. It is what we make of the mess we have made of things.
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Mess Success
We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us and we drown.
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Deep Dream Fantasy Girl Human Sea Voice Wake Up
I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.
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Myself Sea Silence
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
I have measured out my life in coffee spoons.
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Life Myself
If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.
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Acceptance Life Strength Yourself
We don’t actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace.
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Absence Death Fade Fear Ourselves
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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Growth Poet
For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
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Business Ourselves
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
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Dance Exception
For I have known them all already, known them all—Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
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Evening Life Morning Myself
Only by acceptance of the past, can you alter it
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Acceptance Past
It will do you no harm to find yourself ridiculous. Resign yourself to be the fool you are. We must always take risks. That is our destiny.
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Destiny Fools Harm Ourselves Risk Yourself

For I have known them all already, known them all—Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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