Quote by T.S. Eliot
Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. – T.S. Eliot

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In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. – T.S. Eliot

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The Lord gives us friends to push us to our potential — and enemies to push us beyond it. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The wicked often work harder to go to hell than the righteous do to enter heaven. – Josh Billings

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No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself. – Henry Adams

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Bear shame and glory with an equal peace and an ever tranquil heart. – Bhagavad Gita

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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty. – Imelda Marcos

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On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles. – Mary Antin

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The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who dont do anything about it. – Albert Einstein

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The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist. – T.H. Huxley, “Evolution and Ethics,” 1893

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