A Quote by William Butler Yeats

A tree there is that from its topmost bough Is half all glittering flame and half all green Abounding foliage moistened with the dew; And half is half and yet is all the scene; And half and half consume what they renew.

William Butler Yeats

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Consume Dew Flame Foliage Green Half Renew Scene Tree

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William Butler Yeats
Irish - Poet
June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939

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George Wallace

A democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.

Felix Rohatyn

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If you took half of something and continued to take half of that half and so on, you would never reach an end.

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