T. S. Eliot Quotes

It's harder to confess the sin that no one believes in Than the crime that everyone can appreciate. For the crime is in relation to the law And the sin is in relation to the sinner.

T. S. Eliot

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• It's harder to confess the sin that no one believes in Than the crime that everyone can appreciate. For the crime is in relation to the law And the sin is in relation to the sinner.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Believe
  • Law
  • Appreciate