I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSI heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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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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Myself I must remake.
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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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From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
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I believe that our memories are part of one great memory, the memory of Nature herself.
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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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The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
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It seems to me that love, if it is fine, is essentially a discipline.
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Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process.
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An intellectual hate is the worst.
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I’m looking for the face I had, before the world was made.
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Though leaves are many, the root is one.
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In dreams begin responsibilitiy.
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