If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSBut I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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I believe that our memories are part of one great memory, the memory of Nature herself.
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The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.
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And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.
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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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In dreams begin responsibilitiy.
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Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
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God guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone.
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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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All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
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Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.
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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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Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party.
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I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t yet met.
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