Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
T. S. ELIOTHumor is also a way of saying something serious.
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There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.
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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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This love is silent.
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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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Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative; in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself.
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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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Teach us to care and not to care
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We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.
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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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It’s not wise to violate the rules until you know how to observe them.
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This is the way the world ends not with a bang but a whimper.
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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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Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter.
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Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.
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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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