"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy."
-William Butler Yeats
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"I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.“
-William Butler Yeats
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"To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it at school - women must labor to be beautiful."
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"If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise."
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"Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation."
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"Man can embody truth but he cannot know it."
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"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 probably lies somewhere between these two statements."
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"I agree with just about everyone in the reform debate when they say 'If you like what you have, you should be able to keep it.' But the truth is that none of the health reform bills making their way through Congress actually delivers on that promise."
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"The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see."
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"Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time."
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"I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman."
-Bob Kane
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"The most solid piece of scientific truth I know of is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature."
-Lewis Thomas
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