T. S. Eliot Quotes, Bridges Quotes, Crowds Quotes

A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many, I had not thought death had undone so many.

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Home is where one starts from. As we grow older The world becomes stranger, the pattern more complicatied Of dead and living, Not the intense moment Isolated, with no before and after, But a lifetime burning in every moment . . .

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Amongst the rock one cannot stop or think

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No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool.

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Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.

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From a purely external point of view there is no will; and to find will in any phenomenon requires a certain empathy; we observe aman's actions and place ourselves partly but not wholly in his position; or we act, and place ourselves partly in the position of an outsider.

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Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison.

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I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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Now that the lilacs are in bloom She has a bowl of lilacs in her room

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The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

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Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter.

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The circle of our understanding is a very restricted area.

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Men tighten the knot of confusion Into perfect misunderstanding.

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After such knowledge, what forgiveness?

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For I have known them all already, known them all— Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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Today, you're halfway to 100! Here's to optimism, whether it is realistic or not. Happy 50th birthday!

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Neither way is better. / Both ways are necessary. / It is also necessary / To make a choice between them.

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Words strain, crack, and sometime break, under the burden.

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We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together...

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O father, father Gone from us, lost to us, The church lies bereft, Alone, Desecrated, desolated. And the heathen shall build On the ruins Their world without God. I see it. I see it.

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