Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.
T. S. ELIOTImmature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
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The last act is the greatest treason. To do the right deed for the wrong reason.
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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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April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.
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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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There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet
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I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.
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We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.
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There’s no vocabulary For love within a family, love that’s lived in But not looked at, love within the light of which All else is seen, the love within which All other love finds speech. This love is silent.
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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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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
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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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Books. Cats. Life is good.
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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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It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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music heard so deeply That it is not heard at all, but you are the music While the music lasts.
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