T. S. Eliot on failure
T. S. Eliot77 quotes“Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.”
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You are the music while the music lasts.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot 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.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot 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. EliotT. S. Eliot These fragments I have shored against my ruins
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot 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.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot music heard so deeply That it is not heard at all, but you are the music While the music lasts.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot Do I dare Disturb the universe?
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot What is hell? Hell is oneself. Hell is alone, the other figures in it Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from And nothing to escape to. One is always alone.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot 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.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not.
T. S. EliotT. S. Eliot
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