"Politic, cautious, and meticulous;full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse" - T.S. Eliot

Politic, cautious, and meticulous;full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse

— T.S. Eliot
Poet, essayist and playwright

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About T.S. Eliot

T.S. Eliot was a 19th-century poet, essayist and playwright. Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

Politics — Governance, civic duty, and the structures of power

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