There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSIt is one of the great troubles of life that we cannot have any unmixed emotions. There is always something in our enemy that we like, and something in our sweetheart that we dislike.
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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In dreams begin responsibilitiy.
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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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There is another world, but it is in this one.
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Everything that’s lovely is But a brief, dreamy kind of delight.
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Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process.
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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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Teaching is not filling up a pail, it is lighting a fire.
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Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
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Everything in nature is resurrection.
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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
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From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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