Famous Quotes | A woman’s beauty is a...

A woman’s beauty is a storm-tossed banner;
Under it wisdom stands, and I alone
Of all Arabia’s lovers I alone
Nor dazzled by the embroidery, nor lost
In the confusion of its night-dark folds,
Can hear the armed man speak. - William Butler Yeats
Attribution: William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, playwright. “The Gift of Harun Al-Rashid.”

Categories: Beauty, Playwright

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