William Butler Yeats | saintpatricksday
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
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William Butler Yeats | women
To be born woman is to know – although they do not speak of it at school – women must labor to be beautiful.
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William Butler Yeats | wisdom
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought – asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.
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William Butler Yeats | truth
I think it better that in times like these a poet’s mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.
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William Butler Yeats | truth
You know what the Englishman’s idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.
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William Butler Yeats | truth
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye That’s all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.
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William Butler Yeats | romantic
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye That’s all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.
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