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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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A DEEP-SWORN VOW
Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;
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A DEEP-SWORN VOW
Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;
Yet always when I look death in the face,
When I clamber to the heights of sleep,
Or when I grow excited with wine,
Suddenly I meet your face.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Absence Quotes,
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Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; read more

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Anarchy Quotes,
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The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Drinking Quotes,
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