Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good … - T. S. Eliot

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Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.

T. S. Eliot

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About T. S. Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was an American-born English poet, dramatist and literary critic. Noted for spiritual and religious themes in many of his poems, he converted from Unitarianism to Anglicanism in 1927.

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Birth Name: Thomas Stearns Eliot

Alternative Names: Eliot • T S Eliot • Thomas Eliot • T.S. Eliot

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Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.

Fading, fading: strength beyond hope and despair climbing the third stair. Lord, I am not worthy Lord, I am not worthy but speak the word only.

My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me.
'Speak to me. Why do you never speak? Speak.
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'I never know what you are thinking. Think.

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