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T.S. Eliot was a 19th-century poet, essayist and playwright. Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth

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“Except for the point, the still point, There would be no dance, and there is only the dance”
— T.S. Eliot
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“The dripping blood our only drink,The bloody flesh our only food:In spite of which we like to thinkThat we are sound, substantial flesh and blood--Again, in spite of that, we call this Friday good.”
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“I don't know much about gods, but I think the river is a strong, brown god”
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“Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.”
— T.S. Eliot
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“Do I dare Disturb the universe?”
— T.S. Eliot
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“For I have known them all already, known them allHave known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”
— T.S. Eliot
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