The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the...

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The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

Thomas Stearns Eliot

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about temptation, treason, bad, reason, rightness.

Thomas Stearns Eliot

Thomas Stearns Eliot 1888 - 1965, english poet, dramatist and literary critic

Also called: T. S. Eliot.

Was born on: 26 sep 1888.
Died on 04 jan 1965, at 76 years old.

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