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T. S. Eliot Quotes

T. S. Eliot quotes about death

American Poet September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965

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The endless cycle of idea and action, Endless invention, endless experiment, Brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; Knowledge of speech, but not of silence; Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the Word. All our knowledge brings us nearer to our ignorance, All our ignorance brings us nearer to death, But nearness to death no nearer to God. 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? The... T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot quote: "There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may..."
There is one who remembers the way to your door: Life you may evade, but Death you shall not. T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot quote: "Men dislike being awakened from their death in life."
Men dislike being awakened from their death in life. T. S. Eliot
Why should we celebrate These dead men more than the dying? It is not to ring the bell backward Nor is it an incantation To summon the spectre of a Rose. We cannot revive old factions We cannot restore old policies Or follow an antique drum. These men, and those who opposed them And those whom they opposed Accept the constitution of silence And are folded in a single party. Whatever we inherit from the fortunate We have taken from the defeated What they had to leave us - a symbol: A symbol... T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot quote: "Eyes I dare not meet in dreams. In death's dream kingdom"
Eyes I dare not meet in dreams. In death's dream kingdom T. S. Eliot
We returned to our palaces, these Kingdoms, but no longer at ease here in the old dispensation, with an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death. T. S. Eliot
i will show you fear in a handful of dust." t. s. eliotwe don't actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace. T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot quote: "I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different."
I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different. T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot quote: "Death! I had not thought Death had undone so many"
Death! I had not thought Death had undone so many T. S. Eliot

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