And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSThe visible world is no longer a reality and the unseen world no longer a dream.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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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.
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The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.
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I believe that our memories are part of one great memory, the memory of Nature herself.
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
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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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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.
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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.
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Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
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Myself I must remake.
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We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it.
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The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.
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