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W. B. Yeats
(13 Jun 1865 - 28 Jan 1939)
Irish poet and dramatist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923, and then went on to write some of his finest work. He is regarded as one of the greatest poets of his century.
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Science Quotes by W. B. Yeats (4 quotes)
Civilization is hooped together, brought
Under a rule, under the semblance of peace
By manifold illusion.
Under a rule, under the semblance of peace
By manifold illusion.
— W. B. Yeats
The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats (1951), 287.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
— W. B. Yeats
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In dreams begins responsibility.
— W. B. Yeats
In The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats (2000), 81.
YOUTH AND AGE
Though leaves are many, the root is one;
Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.
Though leaves are many, the root is one;
Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.
— W. B. Yeats
In McClure's Magazine (Dec 1910), 36, No. 2, 168.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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