T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot OMwas an American-born British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic and "one of the twentieth century's major poets". He moved to England in 1914 at age 25, settling, working and marrying there. He was eventually naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39, renouncing his American citizenship...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 September 1888
CountryUnited States of America
discipline political relaxation
But the Church cannot be, in any political sense, either conservative or liberal, or revolutionary. Conservatism is too often conservation of the wrong things: liberalism a relaxation of discipline; revolution a denial of the permanent things.
night effort together
Our emotions Are only “incidents” In the effort to keep day and night together.
war serious doe
The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.
crafts stealing mediocre
Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal.
greatness literature determined
The greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards though we must remember that whether it is literature or not can be determined only by literary standards.
world thirds divides
Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them. There is no third.
catholic literature classicists
I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.
christmas children moving
Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.
business today crowds
Business today consists in persuading crowds.
months classic april
April is the cruellest month.
dog cat
Again I must remind you that a dog's a dog-a cat's a cat.
cat thinking names
Cats must have three names-an everyday name, such as Peter; a more particular, dignified name, such as Quaxo, Bombalurina, or Jellylorum; and, thirdly, the name the cat thinks up for himself, his deep and inscrutable singular Name.
simplicity quartets conditions
A condition of complete simplicity (Costing not less than everything)
mean impossible
It is impossible to say just what I mean!