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Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes read more

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

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The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, read more

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Fairies Quotes,
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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Life Quotes,
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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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Art bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, read more

Art bids us touch and taste and hear and see the world, and shrinks from what Blake calls mathematic form, from every abstract form, from all that is of the brain only.

by William Butler Yeats Found in: Art Quotes,
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