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Poetry is a mug's game.
T. S. Eliot
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T. S. Eliot
Age: 76 †
Born: 1888
Born: September 26
Died: 1965
Died: January 4
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Gin and drugs, dear lady, gin and drugs.
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That is not it at all, That is not what I meant, at all.
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We see the light but see not whence it comes. O Light Invisible, we glorify Thee!
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And they write innumerable books being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.
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Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.
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