Quotation by

William Butler Yeats

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it at school - women must labor to be beautiful.

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Understanding this quote AI Analysis

Yeats is saying that women inherently understand the effort required to achieve beauty, even though this reality is not openly taught or discussed in formal education. This suggests that the expectation for women to work hard on their appearance is a quiet, unspoken truth in society.

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