William Butler Yeats Quotes

It is not permitted to a man who takes up pen or chisel, to seek originality, for passion is his only business, and he cannot but mould or sing after a new fashion because no disaster is like another.

- William Butler Yeats

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Who stole your wits away
And where are they gone? - William Butler Yeats

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Did that play of mine send out
Certain men the English shot? - William Butler Yeats