• When a country produces a man of genius he never is what it wants or believes it wants; he is always unlike its idea of itself.

  William Butler Yeats
  Irish poet 1865-1939
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. produces
2. believes
3. always
4. unlike
5. itself

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When a country produces a man of genius he never is what it wants or believes it wants; he is always unlike its idea of itself. by : William Butler Yeats

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