The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless. - T. S. Eliot

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The only wisdom we can hope to acquire
Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.

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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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