From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSThings fall apart; the center cannot hold.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.
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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
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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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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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There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
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Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.
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There is another world, but it is in this one.
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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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In dreams begins responsibility.
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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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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
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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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Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.
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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.
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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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