And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSWhere there is nothing, there is God.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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It seems to me that true love is a discipline.
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Myself I must remake.
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In dreams begin responsibilitiy.
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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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Beloved, let your eyes half close, and your heart beat Over my heart, and your hair fall over my breast, Drowning love’s lonely hour in deep twilight of rest.
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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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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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Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet.
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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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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.
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I’m looking for the face I had, before the world was made.
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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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The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. I have always considered myself a voice of what I believe to be a greater renaissance – the revolt of the soul against the intellect.
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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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Everything that’s lovely is But a brief, dreamy kind of delight.
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