One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSEducation is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
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Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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An intellectual hate is the worst.
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Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.
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Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart.
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Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!
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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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There is another world, but it is in this one.
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And I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings.
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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.
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The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
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Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.
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The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.
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