Distracted from distraction by distraction
T. S. ELIOTWe must not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.
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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
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People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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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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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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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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The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.
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I should have been a pair of ragged claws/ Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.
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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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This love is silent.
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The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man
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I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.
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Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.
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It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.
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