T. S. Eliot Quotes

O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.

T. S. Eliot

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• O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.

  

  T. S. Eliot