Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSNeither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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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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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.
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From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
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All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
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And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
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There is another world, but it is in this one.
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The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.
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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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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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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
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We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it.
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