Because there is safety in derision I talked about an apparition, I took no trouble to convince, Or seem plausible to a man of sense. (William Butler Yeats)

Because there is safety in derision I talked about an apparition, I took no trouble to convince, Or seem plausible to a man of sense.

William Butler Yeats

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