"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
"I hear it in the deep heart's core."
Source: The Lake Isle of Innisfree l. 10 (1893)
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William Butler Yeats
Poet, Playwright
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, notable for his profound exploration of love, identity, and the human experience in works like 'The Second Coming.'
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