T. S. Eliot Quotes

When the whole world is running headlong towards the precipice, one who walks in the opposite direction is looked at as being crazy.

T. S. Eliot

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• When the whole world is running headlong towards the precipice, one who walks in the opposite direction is looked at as being crazy.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • World
  • Running
  • Crazy