And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. (T. S. Eliot)

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.

T. S. Eliot

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