There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSIn dreams begin responsibilitiy.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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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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We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
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What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.
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One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again.
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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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Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.
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Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
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Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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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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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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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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It seems to me that love, if it is fine, is essentially a discipline.
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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
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