T. S. Eliot quote: They constantly try to escapeFrom the darkness outside and withinBy dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need ...

They constantly try to escapeFrom the darkness outside and withinBy dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.But the man that is shall shadowThe man that pretends to be.

~ T. S. Eliot ~

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