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Murder in the Cathedral Quotes

Ambition fortifies the will of man to become ruler over other men: it operates with deception, cajolery, and violence, it is the action of impurity upon impurity. - T. S. Eliot (Murder in the Cathedral Quotes)

Ambition fortifies the will of man to become ruler over other men: it operates with deception, cajolery, and violence, it is the action of impurity upon impurity.

Source:(ed. Faber & Faber, 1935), Interlude, Page 49
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T. S. Eliot - Murder in the Cathedral Quotes
  • Book: Murder in the Cathedral
  • Writer: T. S. Eliot
  • Genre: Plays
  • Published: 1935
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