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William Butler Yeats quotes

Irish Poet June 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939

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One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk..."
The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with..."
I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "Too many things are occurring for even a big heart to hold."
Too many things are occurring for even a big heart to hold. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold..."
Things fall apart; the center cannot hold... William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "Hearts are not to be had as a gift, hearts are to be earned."
Hearts are not to be had as a gift, hearts are to be earned. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a..."
A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "Jonathan Swift made a soul for the gentlemen of this city by..."
Jonathan Swift made a soul for the gentlemen of this city by hating his neighbor as himself. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least..."
I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood - sex and the dead. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "What can be explained is not poetry."
What can be explained is not poetry. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the..."
We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions."
All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "I went out to the hazelwood because a fire was in my head."
I went out to the hazelwood because a fire was in my head. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "...I'm looking for the face I had, before the world was made..."
...I'm looking for the face I had, before the world was made... William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there..."
Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there another Troy for her to burn? William Butler Yeats

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