Yet they that know all things but know That all this life can give us is, A child’s laughter, a woman’s kiss.
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WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
William Butler Yeats on children
William Butler Yeats89 quotes“Yet they that know all things but know That all this life can give us is, A child’s laughter, a woman’s kiss.”
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William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary.
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William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats All men live in suffering I know as few can know, Whether they take the upper road Or stay content on the low.
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