There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSDo not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
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The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
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All that I have said and done, Now that I am old and ill, Turns into a question till I lie awake night after night And never get the answers right.
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What can be explained is not poetry.
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By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.
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Yet they that know all things but know That all this life can give us is, A child’s laughter, a woman’s kiss.
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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.
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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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People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
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God guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone.
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A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote.
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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.
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