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# W B Yeats

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William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and, along with John Millington Synge and Lady Gregory, founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chi

##  Quotes by W B Yeats

> [“All is changed, changed utterly A terrible beauty is born”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats-3/all-is-changed-changed-utterly-a-terrible-beauty-is-born/)

W B Yeats

[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5e/w-b-yeats-3-73139_beauty_all-is-changed-changed-utterly-a-terribl_95930.jpg)

> [Hearts with one purpose alone Through summer and winter seem Enchanted to a stone Trouble the living stream. ……...Easter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats-3/hearts-with-one-purpose-alone-through-summer-and-winter-seem-2/)

W B Yeats

[Easter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/easter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/w-b-yeats-3-73139_easter_hearts-with-one-purpose-alone-through-su_580461.jpg)

> [“I wish for you constantly for I want to talk about everybody and everything. I can't go up to a stranger &…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats-3/i-wish-for-you-constantly-for-i-want-to-talk-about-everybody-and/)

W B Yeats

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79a/w-b-yeats-3-73139_quote_i-wish-for-you-constantly-for-i-want-to_1111430.jpg)

> [“When all is said and done, how do we not know but that our own unreason may be better than another’s truth?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats-3/when-all-is-said-and-done-how-do-we-not-know-but-that-our-own/)

W B Yeats

[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a23/w-b-yeats-3-73139_belief_when-all-is-said-and-done-how-do-we-not_2298945.jpg)

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