"There is not a more repulsive spectacle than……" — Thomas Stearns Eliot
"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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522 Quotes by Thomas Stearns Eliot
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- Every moment is a fresh beginning.
- He had a mind so fine that no idea could violate it
- We can at least try to understand our own motives, passions, and prejudices, so as to be conscious of what…
- And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten, And drank coffee, and talked for an hour.
- Do I dare disturb the universe?
- That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of…
- Justice itself tends to be corrupted by political passion.
- Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.
- Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.
- Anecdote: It is by no means self-evident that human beings are most real when most violently excited; violent physical passions…
- The greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards though we must remember that whether it is literature…
- Hungry Hatred, will not strive against intelligence self-interest.