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

Other quotes by T.S. Eliot

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

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Decisions
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Someone said, “The dead writers are remote from us because we know so much more than they did.” Precisely, and they are that which we know. – T.S. Eliot

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Perspective
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None are so blind as those who will not see. – Author Unknown

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Miscellaneous

There is a kind way of assisting our fellow-creatures which is enough to break their hearts while it saves their outer envelope. – Joseph Conrad

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Most men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. – Montesquieu, Variètès

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The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever. – Anatole France

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Miscellaneous

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Climb mountains to see lowlands. – Chinese Proverb

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Music is the melody whose text is the world. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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Success is dependent on effort. – Sophocles

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Success

It destroys ones nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Marriage