Famous Quotes | In courtesy I’d have her...

In courtesy I’d have her chiefly learned;
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned
By those that are not entirely beautiful; - William Butler Yeats
Attribution: William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet. A Prayer for My Daughter (l. 33–35). . . The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats. Richard J. Finneran, ed. (1989) Macmillan.

Categories: Beauty, Suffering

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