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It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed at once logical and boundless.
William Butler Yeats
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William Butler Yeats
Age: 73 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 13
Died: 1939
Died: January 28
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A living man is blind and drinks his drop. What matter if the ditches are impure? What matter if I live it all once more?
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The only enemy of innocence and beauty is time.
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on the instant clamorous eaves, A climbing moon upon an empty sky, And all that lamentation of the leaves, Could but compose man's image and his cry.
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Now must we sing and sing the best we can, But first you must be told your character: Convicted cowards all, by kindred slain.
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It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.
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