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Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.


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But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.



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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.



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What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.



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This page presents the quote "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.". Author of this quote is William Butler Yeats. This quote is about fall, falling apart, life,.