People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSThings fall apart; the center cannot hold.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Only that which does not teach, which does not cry out, which does not condescend, which does not explain, is irresistible.
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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it.
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The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul.
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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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Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
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I cast my heart into my rhymes, That you, in the dim coming times, May know how my heart went with them After the red-rose-bordered hem.
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In dreams begins responsibility.
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God guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone.
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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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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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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
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When two close kindred meet, What better than call a dance?
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