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| William Butler Yeats
Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry. |
| Pat Ingoldsby
A long time away in a strange land and home is warm at Christmas and the lights are never so welcome as when you see them from a long time, long way off. Notes: From the Age-Old Message |
| Robert Lynd
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions. |
| Mayor Terence MacSwiney
The contest on our side is not one of rivalry or vengeance, but of endurance. It is not those who can inflict the most, but those who can suffer the most who will conquer. Notes: Inaugural speech of Cork Mayor, who died on hunger strike, October 25, 1920 |
| Richard D'Alton Williams
Hang the bard, and cut the punster, Fling all rhyming to the deuce, Take a business tour through Munster, Shoot a landlord and be of use. Notes: Advice to a Young Poet |
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