Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSHearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
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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 is another world, but it is in this one.
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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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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. I have always considered myself a voice of what I believe to be a greater renaissance – the revolt of the soul against the intellect.
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It seems to me that true love is a discipline.
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When two close kindred meet, What better than call a dance?
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I broke my heart in two So hard I struck. What matter? for I know That out of rock, Out of a desolate source, Love leaps upon its course.
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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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There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
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Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
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God guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone.
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I’m looking for the face I had, before the world was made.
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