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The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take read more

The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, and if it take the second must refuse a heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.

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Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.

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I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least
interest to a serious and read more

I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least
interest to a serious and studious mood--sex and the dead.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Study Quotes,
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Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Rhetoric Quotes,
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People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.

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