One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSSometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart.
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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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
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And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.
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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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What can be explained is not poetry.
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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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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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Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
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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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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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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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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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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
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