The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the Bill was founded did not intend these things to happen, but in legislation intention is nothing, and the letter of the law everything, and no…

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your...

But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your...

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned...

Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned...

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of...

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of...

We . . . are no petty people. We are of the great stocks of...

We . . . are no petty people. We are of the great stocks of...

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are...

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are...

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so...

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so...

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more...

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more...

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.

I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.

I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

And say my glory was I had such friends.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods...

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods...

Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had...

Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had...

A girl's legs are her best friends... but even the best of friends must part.

A girl's legs are her best friends... but even the best of friends must part.

It is good to have friends both in Heaven and Hell?

It is good to have friends both in Heaven and Hell?