It is love that I am seeking for, But of a beautiful, unheard-of kind That is not in the world.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSTake, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.
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There is another world, but it is in this one.
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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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Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh.
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All men live in suffering I know as few can know, Whether they take the upper road Or stay content on the low.
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The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
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Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun Now I may wither into the truth.
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If what I say resonates with you, it’s merely because we’re branches of the same tree.
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Though leaves are many, the root is one.
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In dreams begins responsibility.
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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.
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I broke my heart in two So hard I struck. What matter? for I know That out of rock, Out of a desolate source, Love leaps upon its course.
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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process.
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