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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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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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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. – T.S. Eliot

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From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair. РAndr̩ Gide, The Counterfeiters, 1925

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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. – Upton Sinclair

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A problem well stated is a problem half solved. – Charles F. Kettering

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He gave her a look you could have poured on a waffle. – Ring Lardner

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