The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul. - William Butler Yeats

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The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.

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About William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish symbolist poet, dramatist and mystic. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. He compiled the Oxford Book of Modern Verse.

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Alternative Names: W. B. Yeats • William Yeats • W.B. Yeats • WBY
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