The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSAll dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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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We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
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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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From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
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Teaching is not filling up a pail, it is lighting a fire.
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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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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Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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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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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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Man is in love and loves what vanishes, What more is there to say?
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The visible world is no longer a reality and the unseen world no longer a dream.
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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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