T. S. Eliot Quotes, Land Quotes, Honor Quotes

[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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Whatever you do, don't whimper, but take the consequences.

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The journey, Not the destination matters.

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There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.

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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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All time is eternal, moving inexorably toward an end which we believe is a result of our actions, but over which our control is mere illusion.

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We had the experience, but we missed the meaning.

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For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice.

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We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; but its fitting in is a test of its value - a test, it is true, which can only be slowly and cautiously applied, for we are none of us infallible judges of conformity.

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When the gods know that a god hath fallen, With this kindly feeling They do encourage him-- Be thou a god again and again.

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The naming of cats is a difficult matter. It isn't just one of your holiday games. You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter. When I tell you a cat must have three different names.

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In order to possess what you do not possess, you must go by the way of dispossession.

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

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Where shall the word be found, where will the word / Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.

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Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the producers or the public tell you to.

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We do not pass twice through the same door Or return to the door through which we did not pass.

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War among men defiles this world.

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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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Humor is also a way of saying something serious.

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Do not let me hear Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly, Their fear of fear and frenzy, their fear of possession, Of belonging to another, or to others, or to God. The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.

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