If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words a…

T. S. Eliot
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If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned. ✨ T. S. Eliot (2014). Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950, p.394, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned. ✨ T. S. Eliot (2014). Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950, p.394, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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