Though leaves are many, the root is one.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSOnly that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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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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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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I cast my heart into my rhymes, That you, in the dim coming times, May know how my heart went with them After the red-rose-bordered hem.
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Literature is always personal, always one man’s vision of the world, one man’s experience, and it can only be popular when men are ready to welcome the visions of others.
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We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
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In dreams begin responsibilitiy.
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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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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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I believe that our memories are part of one great memory, the memory of Nature herself.
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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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