For every life and every act consequence of good and evil can be shown…

T. S. Eliot
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For every life and every act consequence of good and evil can be shown and as in time results of many deeds are blended so good and evil in the end become confounded. ✨ T.S. Eliot (2011). The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot, p.256, Faber & Faber
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