Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.
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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Myself I must remake.
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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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Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled. Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing.
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Everything in nature is resurrection.
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Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.
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And pluck till time and times are done the silver apples of the moon the golden apples of the sun.
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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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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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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.
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Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh.
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It seems to me that love, if it is fine, is essentially a discipline.
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The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
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But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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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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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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