Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSThe innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
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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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Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
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Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
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We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
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Man is in love and loves what vanishes, What more is there to say?
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And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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It is love that I am seeking for, But of a beautiful, unheard-of kind That is not in the world.
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There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
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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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Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.
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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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Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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