American-born British poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor
In the life of one man, never the same time returns. – T.S. Eliot
It is impossible to design a system so perfect that no one needs to be good. – T.S. Eliot
If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are? – T.S. Eliot
All time is unredeemable. – T.S. Eliot
The circle of our understanding is a very restricted area. – T.S. Eliot
It is not enough to understand what we ought to be, unless we know what we are; and we do not understand what we are, unless we know what we ought to be. – T.S. Eliot
It seems just possible that a poem might happen to a very young man: but a poem is not poetry -That is a life. – T.S. Eliot
The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. – T.S. Eliot
It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind. – T.S. Eliot
The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible. – T.S. Eliot
We learn what poetry is – if we ever learn – by reading it. – T.S. Eliot
Survival is your strength not your shame. – T.S. Eliot
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