The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSHearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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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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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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What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.
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Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.
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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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Literature is always personal, always one man’s vision of the world, one man’s experience, and it can only be popular when men are ready to welcome the visions of others.
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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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In dreams begins responsibility.
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There is another world, but it is in this one.
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An intellectual hate is the worst.
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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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Everything that’s lovely is But a brief, dreamy kind of delight.
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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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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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