The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSAll 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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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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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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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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I believe that our memories are part of one great memory, the memory of Nature herself.
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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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The visible world is no longer a reality and the unseen world no longer a dream.
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God guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone.
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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 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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There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
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It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.
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In dreams begins responsibility.
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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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