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William Butler Yeats Quotes: The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.
         

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.


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The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.
         



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