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William Butler Yeats Quotes

The desire that is satisfied is not a great desire, nor has the shoulder used all its might that an unbreakable gate has never strained.

Source:Per Amica Silentia Lunae (ed. Macmillain, 1918), Page 33
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  • Name: William Butler Yeats
  • Profession: Poet, Writer, Dramatist
  • Born: June 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939
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