Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun Now I may wither into the truth.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSThings fall apart; the center cannot hold.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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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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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
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I’m looking for the face I had, before the world was made.
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Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh.
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The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.
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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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Though leaves are many, the root is one.
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What can be explained is not poetry.
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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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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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