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For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

T. S. Eliot

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
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 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
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
Sometimes things become possible if we want them bad enough.
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Bad Enough Possible
We had the experience but missed the meaning. And approach to the meaning restores the experience in a different form.
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Deep Different Experience Missing
It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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Rule See Wisdom
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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Growth Poet
People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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Importance People Understand
I can connect Nothing with nothing
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Connection Myself One Liner
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.
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Myself Night Reading
Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.
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Dance Exception
Books. Cats. Life is good.
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Book Goodness Life
I am moved by fancies that are curled, around these images and cling, the notion of some infinitely gentle, infinitely suffering thing.
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Myself Photograph Suffering
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
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.

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