"Our own acts are isolated and one..." - Quote by William Butler Yeats
Our own acts are isolated and one act does not buy absolution for another.
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“All art is in the last analysis an endeavor to condense as out of the flying vapor of the world an image of human perfection, and for its own and not for the art's sake.”
“O heart, be at peace, becauseNor knave nor dolt can breakWhat's not for their applause,Being for a woman's sake.”
“The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.”
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“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of bandages and adhesive tape.”
“Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.”
“Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you or any other wicked man, but steals silently and imperceptibly, placing its foot on the bad.”