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William Butler Yeats Quotes: Though logic-choppers rule the town, And every man and maid and boy Has marked a distant object down, An aimless joy is a pure joy.
         

Though logic-choppers rule the town, And every man and maid and boy Has marked a distant object down, An aimless joy is a pure joy.


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This page presents the quote "Though logic-choppers rule the town, And every man and maid and boy Has marked a distant object down, An aimless joy is a pure joy.". Author of this quote is William Butler Yeats. This quote is about boys, men, pure joy, choppers, joy, every man, logic, optimism,.