It seems to me that love, if it is fine, is essentially a discipline.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSAnd wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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In dreams begin responsibilitiy.
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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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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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A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote.
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And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.
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An intellectual hate is the worst.
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Myself I must remake.
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Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
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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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Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled. Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing.
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Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.
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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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Yet they that know all things but know That all this life can give us is, A child’s laughter, a woman’s kiss.
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