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William Butler Yeats Quotes

Our own acts are isolated and one act does not buy absolution for another. - William Butler Yeats (Autobiographies Quotes)

Our own acts are isolated and one act does not buy absolution for another.

Source:Autobiographies (ed. Macmillain, 1961), Page 503
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  • Name: William Butler Yeats
  • Profession: Poet, Writer, Dramatist
  • Born: June 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939
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