“I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.”
— T. S. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Category: religion
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I will show you fear in a
“I will show you fear in a handful of dust.”
— T. S. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Category: fear
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Our high respect for a well read
“Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.”
— T. S. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Category: respect
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The business of the poet is not
“The business of the poet is not to find new emotions, but to use the ordinary ones and, in working them up into poetry, to express feelings which are not in actual emotions at all.”
— T. S. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Category: poetry
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There is no method but to be
“There is no method but to be very intelligent.”
— T. S. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Category: intelligence
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I have measured out my life with
“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”
— T. S. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Category: life
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Business today consists in persuading crowds.
“Business today consists in persuading crowds.”
— T. S. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Category: business
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Where is the Life we have lost
“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. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Category: wisdom
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For love would be love of the
“For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.”
— T. S. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Category: love
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You are the music while the music
“You are the music while the music lasts.”
— T. S. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Category: music
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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is
“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.”
— T. S. Eliot
Author: T. S. Eliot
Category: poetry
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