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Talent perceives differences, Genius unity.

— William Butler Yeats

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  2. Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
  3. Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
  4. You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth p…
  5. Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
  6. No marble, no conventional phrase; On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on deat…
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  8. Irish poets, earn your trade, Sing whatever is well made, Scorn the sort now growing up All out of shape from toe to top, Their unrememberi…

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  • wisdom
  • philosophy
  • perception
  • genius
  • talent

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