Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSThere is another world, but it is in this one.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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I broke my heart in two So hard I struck. What matter? for I know That out of rock, Out of a desolate source, Love leaps upon its course.
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Myself I must remake.
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I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
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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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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
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It seems to me that love, if it is fine, is essentially a discipline.
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When two close kindred meet, What better than call a dance?
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Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and it is bad scholarship to pretend the contrary.
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The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. I have always considered myself a voice of what I believe to be a greater renaissance – the revolt of the soul against the intellect.
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It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.
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An intellectual hate is the worst.
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A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote.
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