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William Butler Yeats Quotes

It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield Picture Quote #1

My father was an angry and impatient teacher and flung the reading book at my head Picture Quote #1

We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our quiet Picture Quote #1

O what fine thought we had because we thought that the worst rogues and rascals had died out Picture Quote #1

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say. Never to have drawn the breath of life, never to have looked into the eye of day; The second best’s a gay goodnight and quickly turn away Picture Quote #1

... Let the cage bird and the cage bird mate and the wild bird mate in the wild Picture Quote #1

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True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other and refuses to believe in the mere daily self Picture Quote #1

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment’s thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught Picture Quote #1

Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste Picture Quote #1

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking Picture Quote #1

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before Picture Quote #1

I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love Picture Quote #1

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I think it better that in times like these a poet’s mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right Picture Quote #1

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution Picture Quote #1

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone Picture Quote #1

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? Picture Quote #1

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep Picture Quote #1

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray, I hear it in the deep heart’s core Picture Quote #1

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The pain others give passes away in their later kindness, but that of our own blunders, especially when they hurt our vanity, never passes away Picture Quote #1

Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party Picture Quote #1

One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again Picture Quote #1

I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping... I hear it in the deep heart’s core Picture Quote #1

Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart Picture Quote #1

All that we did, all that we said or sang must come from contact with the soil Picture Quote #1

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If what I say resonates with you, it’s merely because we’re branches of the same tree Picture Quote #1

No man has ever lived that had enough of children’s gratitude or woman’s love Picture Quote #1

Although our love is waning, let us stand by the lone border of the lake once more, together in that hour of gentleness. When the poor tired child, passion, falls asleep Picture Quote #1

While they danced they came over them the weariness with the world, the melancholy, the pity one for the other, which is the exultation of love Picture Quote #1

Love is created and preserved by intellectual analysis, for we love only that which is unique, and it belongs to contemplation, not to action, for we would not change that which we love Picture Quote #1

I always think a great speaker convinces us not by force of reasoning, but because he is visibly enjoying the beliefs he wants us to accept Picture Quote #1

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It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield (William Butler Yeats Quotes) My father was an angry and impatient teacher and flung the reading book at my head (William Butler Yeats Quotes) We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our quiet (William Butler Yeats Quotes) O what fine thought we had because we thought that the worst rogues and rascals had died out (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say. Never to have drawn the breath of life, never to have looked into the eye of day; The second best’s a gay goodnight and quickly turn away (William Butler Yeats Quotes) ... Let the cage bird and the cage bird mate and the wild bird mate in the wild (William Butler Yeats Quotes) True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other and refuses to believe in the mere daily self (William Butler Yeats Quotes) A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment’s thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I think it better that in times like these a poet’s mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution (William Butler Yeats Quotes) The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? (William Butler Yeats Quotes) When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray, I hear it in the deep heart’s core (William Butler Yeats Quotes) The pain others give passes away in their later kindness, but that of our own blunders, especially when they hurt our vanity, never passes away (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party (William Butler Yeats Quotes) One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping... I hear it in the deep heart’s core (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart (William Butler Yeats Quotes) All that we did, all that we said or sang must come from contact with the soil (William Butler Yeats Quotes) If what I say resonates with you, it’s merely because we’re branches of the same tree (William Butler Yeats Quotes) No man has ever lived that had enough of children’s gratitude or woman’s love (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Although our love is waning, let us stand by the lone border of the lake once more, together in that hour of gentleness. When the poor tired child, passion, falls asleep (William Butler Yeats Quotes) While they danced they came over them the weariness with the world, the melancholy, the pity one for the other, which is the exultation of love (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Love is created and preserved by intellectual analysis, for we love only that which is unique, and it belongs to contemplation, not to action, for we would not change that which we love (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I always think a great speaker convinces us not by force of reasoning, but because he is visibly enjoying the beliefs he wants us to accept (William Butler Yeats Quotes)

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