W. B. Yeats Quotes on Education

W. B. Yeats

1865-1939

W. B. Yeats was Irish and English poet and playwright. In 1923, W. B. Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. W. B. Yeats poetry, besides direct connotations, often contains abstract contemplations that are even stronger and more vibrant suggesting ethereal and eternal issues.

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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - W. B. Yeats

Topic: Philosophy Education

Tags: education, lighting, fire

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