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T. S. Eliot Quotes: Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
         

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.


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It is never too late to be what you might have been.



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Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.



Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.



We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.

We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.



If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.



I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.



Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?



Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.



April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.

April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.



The journey, Not the destination matters.

The journey, Not the destination matters.





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Religious faith indeed relates to that which is above us but it must arise from that which is within us.



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Don't judge from the outside. Like any beautiful rose has thorns... the more a person appears nice on the outside, the more you should doubt the inside.



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Five pieces every girl needs in her closet are; a great pair of a jeans, a good black heel, a great little black dress, tank tops for layering, and a jacket that can be worn day or night.

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I love to see honest and honorable men at the helm, men who will not bend their politics to their purses, nor pursue measures by which they may profit, and then profit by their measures.

I love to see honest and honorable men at the helm, men who will not bend their politics to their purses, nor pursue measures by which they may profit, and then profit by their measures.




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