Edwin Muir Quotes

We have seen / Good men made evil wrangling with the evil, / Straight minds grown crooked fighting crooked minds. / Our peace betrayed us; we betrayed our peace. / Look at it well. This was the good town once.

- Edwin Muir

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Good | Evil | Wrangling | Straight | Minds |

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