The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of p… - William Butler Yeats

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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

William Butler Yeats

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats · September 9, 1996 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

I went out to the hazelwood because a fire was in my head.

Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That's all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. - William Butler Yeats

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