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If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

T. S. Eliot

It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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Rule See Wisdom
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.
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Myself Night Reading
music heard so deeply That it is not heard at all, but you are the music While the music lasts.
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Deep Last Music
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
In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
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Decision Time
Books. Cats. Life is good.
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Book Goodness Life
Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.
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Evil Goodness Intention People World
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
T. S. ELIOT

Failure Writing
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.
T. S. ELIOT

Destiny Fools Harm Ourselves Risk Yourself
There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.
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Death Life Oneself Remember Yourself
If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?
T. S. ELIOT

Knowledge Yourself
I am moved by fancies that are curled, around these images and cling, the notion of some infinitely gentle, infinitely suffering thing.
T. S. ELIOT

Myself Photograph Suffering
Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair.
T. S. ELIOT

Sanity Suffering World
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.
T. S. ELIOT

Greatness Learning Let Go Myself
Unreal friendship may turn to real But real friendship, once ended, cannot be mended
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End Friendship Reality Repair
For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.
T. S. ELIOT

Business Ourselves

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