We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion. - T. S. [Thomas Stearns] Eliot (1888 - 1965)
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我々の知るところは余りに多く、確信するところは余りに少ない。我等の文学は宗教の代用品、我等の宗教もまた然り。 - Ｔ・Ｓ・エリオット (1888 - 1965)
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