T. S. Eliot Quotes, Humility Quotes, Men Quotes

Do not let me hear Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly, Their fear of fear and frenzy, their fear of possession, Of belonging to another, or to others, or to God. The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.

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Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

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In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy men. The true division of humanity is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness. Our aim must be to diminish the number of the latter and increase the number of the former. That is why we demand education and knowledge.

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Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.

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It is fear and terror that make all men brave, except the philosophers. Yet it is illogical to be brave through fear and cowardice.

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That little word 'we' I mistrust and here's why: No man of another can say, 'He is I.' Behind all agreement lies something amiss All seeming accord cloaks a lurking abyss.

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I hold no man to be indispensable for the welfare of the country.

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For the world is Hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it.

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It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy.

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The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

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He is a good man, who can receive a gift well. We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming.

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I think it is absurd to give such tremendous importance to the distinctions between men and women. When I meet someone I regard that person as a human being. I do not say "This is a man; this is a woman."

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Those who have advanced rise to the mind which is in the head, - they have the play of their mental movements in the head itself. But all these are inside the body; man is, as it were, shut up in a box, his entire consciousness is confined within the organism. This imprisonment has to be undone.

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We can, following the exemple of Kant, consider the moral development and improvement of men, as the supreme goal of human evolution.

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Poetry strengthens that faculty which is the organ of the moral nature of man, in the same manner as exercise strengthens a limb.

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When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.

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Keep away from books and from men who get their ideas from books, and your own books will always be fresh.

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May it not suffice for me to say ... that of course like every other man of intelligence and education I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised.

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Man's relations to man do not captivate my fancy. It is man's relation to the cosmos--to the unknown--which alone arouses in me the spark of creative imagination.

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Educated men are so impressive.

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