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William Butler Yeats Quotes

No art can conquer the people alone - the people are conquered by an ideal of life upheld by authority. - William Butler Yeats (Autobiographies Quotes)

No art can conquer the people alone – the people are conquered by an ideal of life upheld by authority.

Source:Autobiographies (ed. Macmillain, 1961), Page 491
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  • Name: William Butler Yeats
  • Profession: Poet, Writer, Dramatist
  • Born: June 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939
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