Man is in love and loves what vanishes, What more is there to say?
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSIt is one of the great troubles of life that we cannot have any unmixed emotions. There is always something in our enemy that we like, and something in our sweetheart that we dislike.
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And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
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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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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
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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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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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The visible world is no longer a reality and the unseen world no longer a dream.
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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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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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When two close kindred meet, What better than call a dance?
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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.
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The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
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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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It is one of the great troubles of life that we cannot have any unmixed emotions. There is always something in our enemy that we like, and something in our sweetheart that we dislike.
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I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
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