Human kind cannot bear much reality.
Quote by T. S. Eliot
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Human kind cannot bear much reality.
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T. S. Eliot Quotes
- Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge, Where is the knowledge we have lost in information.
- What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
- We shall not cease from our exploration And at the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.
- We shall never 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 know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
- We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in but its fitting in is a test of its value -- a test, it is true, which can only be slowly and cautiously applied, for we are none of us infallible judges of conformity.
- This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.
- The more perfect the artist, the more completely separate in him will be the man who suffers and the mind which creates.
- The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
- The last temptation is the greatest treason to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
- Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things.
Best Quotes
- I always wanted to be honest with myself and to those who have had faith in me.
- The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young, so my forehand was always my signature shot. So I used to always run around my backhand, you know, use my forehand as much as I could, and so that's why I think it's my strength also today, you know.
- I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
- Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- When there is nothing to talk about don't force yourself to say anything because it may land you in trouble.
- It’s crazy how people say, "I rely on facts," And believe thier television sets.
- Some people are drawn naturally - there are natural guitarists, and there are natural piano players, and I think guitar implies travel, a sort of footloose gypsy existence. You grab your bag and you go to the next town.