People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSIt is so many years before one can believe enough in what one feels even to know what the feeling is.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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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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Man is in love and loves what vanishes, What more is there to say?
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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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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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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
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Though leaves are many, the root is one.
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God guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone.
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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again.
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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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Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
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It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.
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Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet.
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In dreams begin responsibilitiy.
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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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