If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSHearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
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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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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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When two close kindred meet, What better than call a dance?
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Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.
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And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.
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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party.
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Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun Now I may wither into the truth.
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All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
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Everything that’s lovely is But a brief, dreamy kind of delight.
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Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.
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