The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSLife is a long preparation for something that never happens.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
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Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.
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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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Yet they that know all things but know That all this life can give us is, A child’s laughter, a woman’s kiss.
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We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
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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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Myself I must remake.
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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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It is love that I am seeking for, But of a beautiful, unheard-of kind That is not in the world.
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And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.
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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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In dreams begins responsibility.
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