The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Reason and emotion The heart

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

Letters of William Butler Yeats

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. To F. J. Gregg [late summer 1886].

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "To F. J. Gregg [late summer 1886]." The Collected Letters of W. B. Yeats. Volume I: 1865-1895. Edited by John Kelly. Oxford UP, 1986.

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Source
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." The Dial, Nov. 1919.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." The Major Works. Oxford UP, 2008.

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The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Gabriel Manigault

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Friends and enemies

Author

Gabriel Manigault
Language
English
Time
1884 1880s 19th century
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Citation

Manigault, Gabriel. A Political Creed: Embracing Some Ascertained Truths in Sociology and Politics. 1884, ch. 27.