And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.


Collected poems, 1909-1935 (ed. London, Faber, 1936)

T. S. Eliot Quotes

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.