William Butler Yeats said this quote

“ 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. ”

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Style personality - deliberately adopted and therefore a mask - is the only escape from the hot-faced bargainers and money-changers.

~ William Butler Yeats

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

~ William Butler Yeats

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

~ William Butler Yeats

Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart.

~ William Butler Yeats