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If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned.

T. S. Eliot
Understanding, Our Words, Deeds
T. S. Eliot (2014). “Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950”, p.394, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
If we all were judged according to the consequences Of all our words and deeds, beyond the intention And beyond our limited understanding Of ourselves and others, we should all be condemned.