Quote of William Butler Yeats - Education is not the filling of...
Biography - William Butler Yeats:
Irish poet and dramatist. Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.
Born: 1865 - Died: 1939
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Ireland
Born: 1865 - Died: 1939
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Ireland
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of the fire.”
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