The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which h…

T. S. Eliot
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The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns. ✨ T.S. Eliot (2011). The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot, p.229, Faber & Faber
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The fool,fixed in his folly,may think He can turn the wheel on which he turns. ✨ T.S. Eliot (2011). The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot, p.229, Faber & Faber

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