"rhetoric is will doing the work of..." - Quote by William Butler Yeats
rhetoric is will doing the work of imagination.
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“From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.”
“Though I am old with wandering Through hollow lands and hilly lands, I will find out where she has gone, And kiss her lips and take her hands; And walk among long dappled grass, And pluck till time and times are done The silver apples of the moon, The golden apples of the sun.”
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
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“Coolidge made less speeches and got more votes than any man that ever run. (William Jennings) Bryan was listened to and cheered by more people than any single human in politics, and he lost. So there is a doubt just whether talking does you good or harm.”
“Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain't saying anything.”
“Give me a few minutes to talk away my face and I can seduce the Queen of France.”
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“You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water.”
“If you had chicken at lunch and chicken at dinner, do you ever wonder if the two chickens knew each other?”
“The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.”