The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSIf what I say resonates with you, it’s merely because we’re branches of the same tree.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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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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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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I’m looking for the face I had, before the world was made.
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And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
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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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And I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings.
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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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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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People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.
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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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Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
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And pluck till time and times are done the silver apples of the moon the golden apples of the sun.
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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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