Everything that’s lovely is But a brief, dreamy kind of delight.
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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I believe that our memories are part of one great memory, the memory of Nature herself.
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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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All men live in suffering I know as few can know, Whether they take the upper road Or stay content on the low.
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
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And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
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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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If what I say resonates with you, it’s merely because we’re branches of the same tree.
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Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
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There is another world, but it is in this one.
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From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
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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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I broke my heart in two So hard I struck. What matter? for I know That out of rock, Out of a desolate source, Love leaps upon its course.
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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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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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