Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSEverything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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Myself I must remake.
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It seems to me that love, if it is fine, is essentially a discipline.
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Literature is always personal, always one man’s vision of the world, one man’s experience, and it can only be popular when men are ready to welcome the visions of others.
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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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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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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Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party.
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All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
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In dreams begins responsibility.
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We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
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Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
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Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary.
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The visible world is no longer a reality and the unseen world no longer a dream.
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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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