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Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal.

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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.

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The chief danger about Paris is that it is such a strong stimulant.

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There are three conditions which often look alike Yet differ completely, flourish in the same hedgerow: Attachment to self and to things and to persons, detachment From self and from things and from persons; and, growing between them, indifference, ... .

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Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?

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Because these wings are no longer wings to fly But merely vans to beat the air The air which is now thoroughly small and dry Smaller and dryer than the will Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still

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Ash on an old man's sleeve / Is all the ash the burnt roses leave, / Dust in the air suspended / Marks the place where a story ended.

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A book is not harmless merely because no one is consciously offended by it.

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There is no such thing as a lost cause, because there is no such thing as a gained cause

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Shall I part my hair behind Do I dare to eat a peach I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.

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not fare well, but fare forward

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[On The Waste Land:] Various critics have done me the honor to interpret the poem in terms of criticism of the contemporary world, have considered it, indeed, as an important bit of social criticism. To me it was only the relief of a personal and wholly insignificant grouse against life; it is just a piece of rhythmical grumbling.

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But it seems that something has happened that has never happened before: though we know not just when, or why, or how, or where.

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Turn things you've always wanted to do, into things you've done

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If you will not have God (and He is a jealous God), you should pay your respects to Hitler or Stalin.

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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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A philosophy can and must be worked out with the greatest rigour and discipline in the details, but can ultimately be founded on nothing but faith: and this is the reason, I suspect, why the novelties in philosophy are only in elaboration, and never in fundamentals.

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My life is light, waiting for the death wind, Like a feather on the back of my hand.

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With cats, some say, one rule is true: Don't speak till you are spoken to.

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It's harder to confess the sin that no one believes in Than the crime that everyone can appreciate. For the crime is in relation to the law And the sin is in relation to the sinner.

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