What can be explained is not poetry.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSIf suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Everything in nature is resurrection.
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The visible world is no longer a reality and the unseen world no longer a dream.
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God guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone.
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Myself I must remake.
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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.
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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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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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Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet.
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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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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
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But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.
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