Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSEvery 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.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
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Man is in love and loves what vanishes, What more is there to say?
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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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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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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.
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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
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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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Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet.
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People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
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The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.
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And pluck till time and times are done the silver apples of the moon the golden apples of the sun.
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And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
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We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it.
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In dreams begins responsibility.
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