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William Butler Yeats Quotes

Seek out reality, leave things that seem Picture Quote #1

And say my glory was I had such friends Picture Quote #1

An agony of flame that cannot singe a sleeve Picture Quote #1

Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made Picture Quote #1

Tis the eternal law, that first in beauty should be first in might Picture Quote #1

I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters Picture Quote #1

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Everything that man esteems Endures a moment or a day. Love’s pleasure drives his love away, The painter’s brush consumes his dreams Picture Quote #1

Whence had they come The hand and lash that beat down frigid Rome? What sacred drama through her body heaved When world-transforming Charlemagne was conceived? Picture Quote #1

My temptation is quiet. Here at life’s end Neither loose imagination Nor the mill of the mind Consuming its rag and bone, Can make the truth known Picture Quote #1

Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot! A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot. Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again! The beggars have changed places, but the lash goes on Picture Quote #1

This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled to walk through its streets perpetually. One feels them passing like a whiff of air Picture Quote #1

You know what the Englishman’s idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements Picture Quote #1

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All the great masters have understood that there cannot be great art without the little limited life of the fable, which is always better the simpler it is, and the rich, far-wandering, many-imaged life of the half-seen world beyond it Picture Quote #1

I sat, a solitary man, In a crowded London shop, An open book and empty cup On the marble table-top. While on the shop and street I gazed My body of a sudden blazed; And twenty minutes more or less It seemed, so great my happiness, That I was blessed and could bless Picture Quote #1

Time drops in decay Like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day; But, kindly old rout Of the fire-born moods, You pass not away Picture Quote #1

All hatred driven hence, The soul recovers radical innocence And learns at last that it is self-delighting, Self-appeasing, self-affrighting, And that its own sweet will is Heaven’s will Picture Quote #1

If there’s no hatred in a mind Assault and battery of the wind Can never tear the linnet from the leaf Picture Quote #1

What shall I do with this absurdity- O heart, O troubled heart-this caricature, Decrepit age that has been tied to me As to a dog’s tail? Never had I more Excited, passionate, fantastical Imagination, nor an ear and eye That more expected the impossible Picture Quote #1

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On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! Picture Quote #1

I call on those that call me son, Grandson, or great-grandson, On uncles, aunts, great-uncles or great-aunts, To judge what I have done. Have I, that put it into words, Spoilt what old loins have sent? Picture Quote #1

The house ghost is usually a harmless and well-meaning creature. It is put up with as long as possible. It brings good luck to those who live with it Picture Quote #1

All empty souls tend to extreme opinion. It is only in those who have built up a rich world of memories and habits of thought that extreme opinions affront the sense of probability. Propositions, for instance, which set all the truth upon one side can only enter rich minds to dislocate and strain, if they can enter at all, and sooner or later the mind expels them by instinct Picture Quote #1

I long for truth, and yet I cannot stay from that My better self disowns, For a man’s attention Brings such satisfaction To the craving in my bones Picture Quote #1

Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary Picture Quote #1

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O heart, be at peace, because Nor knave nor dolt can break What’s not for their applause, Being for a woman’s sake Picture Quote #1

Pale brows, still hands and dim hair, I had a beautiful friend And dreamed that the old despair Would end in love in the end Picture Quote #1

O cloud-pale eyelids, dream-dimmed eyes, The poets labouring all their days To build a perfect beauty in rhyme Are overthrown by a woman’s gaze Picture Quote #1

Earth in beauty dressed Awaits returning spring. All true love must die, Alter at the best Into some lesser thing. Prove that I lie Picture Quote #1

O heart, we are old; The living beauty is for younger men: We cannot pay its tribute of wild tears Picture Quote #1

How could passion run so deep Had I never thought That the crime of being born Blackens all our lot? Picture Quote #1

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Seek out reality, leave things that seem (William Butler Yeats Quotes) And say my glory was I had such friends (William Butler Yeats Quotes) An agony of flame that cannot singe a sleeve (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Tis the eternal law, that first in beauty should be first in might (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Everything that man esteems Endures a moment or a day. Love’s pleasure drives his love away, The painter’s brush consumes his dreams (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Whence had they come The hand and lash that beat down frigid Rome? What sacred drama through her body heaved When world-transforming Charlemagne was conceived? (William Butler Yeats Quotes) My temptation is quiet. Here at life’s end Neither loose imagination Nor the mill of the mind Consuming its rag and bone, Can make the truth known (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot! A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot. Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again! The beggars have changed places, but the lash goes on (William Butler Yeats Quotes) This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled to walk through its streets perpetually. One feels them passing like a whiff of air (William Butler Yeats Quotes) You know what the Englishman’s idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements (William Butler Yeats Quotes) All the great masters have understood that there cannot be great art without the little limited life of the fable, which is always better the simpler it is, and the rich, far-wandering, many-imaged life of the half-seen world beyond it (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I sat, a solitary man, In a crowded London shop, An open book and empty cup On the marble table-top. While on the shop and street I gazed My body of a sudden blazed; And twenty minutes more or less It seemed, so great my happiness, That I was blessed and could bless (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Time drops in decay Like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day; But, kindly old rout Of the fire-born moods, You pass not away (William Butler Yeats Quotes) All hatred driven hence, The soul recovers radical innocence And learns at last that it is self-delighting, Self-appeasing, self-affrighting, And that its own sweet will is Heaven’s will (William Butler Yeats Quotes) If there’s no hatred in a mind Assault and battery of the wind Can never tear the linnet from the leaf (William Butler Yeats Quotes) What shall I do with this absurdity- O heart, O troubled heart-this caricature, Decrepit age that has been tied to me As to a dog’s tail? Never had I more Excited, passionate, fantastical Imagination, nor an ear and eye That more expected the impossible (William Butler Yeats Quotes) On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I call on those that call me son, Grandson, or great-grandson, On uncles, aunts, great-uncles or great-aunts, To judge what I have done. Have I, that put it into words, Spoilt what old loins have sent? (William Butler Yeats Quotes) The house ghost is usually a harmless and well-meaning creature. It is put up with as long as possible. It brings good luck to those who live with it (William Butler Yeats Quotes) All empty souls tend to extreme opinion. It is only in those who have built up a rich world of memories and habits of thought that extreme opinions affront the sense of probability. Propositions, for instance, which set all the truth upon one side can only enter rich minds to dislocate and strain, if they can enter at all, and sooner or later the mind expels them by instinct (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I long for truth, and yet I cannot stay from that My better self disowns, For a man’s attention Brings such satisfaction To the craving in my bones. (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary. (William Butler Yeats Quotes) O heart, be at peace, because Nor knave nor dolt can break What’s not for their applause, Being for a woman’s sake. (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Pale brows, still hands and dim hair, I had a beautiful friend And dreamed that the old despair Would end in love in the end.... (William Butler Yeats Quotes) O cloud-pale eyelids, dream-dimmed eyes, The poets labouring all their days To build a perfect beauty in rhyme Are overthrown by a woman’s gaze.... (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Earth in beauty dressed Awaits returning spring. All true love must die, Alter at the best Into some lesser thing. Prove that I lie. (William Butler Yeats Quotes) O heart, we are old; The living beauty is for younger men: We cannot pay its tribute of wild tears (William Butler Yeats Quotes) How could passion run so deep Had I never thought That the crime of being born Blackens all our lot? (William Butler Yeats Quotes)

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