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William Butler Yeats quotes

Irish Poet June 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939

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William Butler Yeats quote: "Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned. By those..."
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned. By those who are not entirely beautiful. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational..."
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. William Butler Yeats
When they had finished they made me take notes of whatever conversation they had quoted, so that I might have the exact words, and got up to go, and when I asked them where they were going and what they were doing and by what names I should call them, they would tell me nothing, except that they had been commanded to travel over Ireland continually, and upon foot and at night, that they might live close to the stones and the trees and at the hours when the immortals are awake. ("The Adoration... William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "How but in custom and in ceremony are innocence and beauty born?"
How but in custom and in ceremony are innocence and beauty born? William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "God guard me from those thoughts men think. In the mind alone."
God guard me from those thoughts men think. In the mind alone. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "I did not, but i saw a young girl, and she had the walk of a..."
I did not, but i saw a young girl, and she had the walk of a queen. William Butler Yeats
Now days are dragon-ridden, the nightmare Rides upon sleep: a drunken soldiery Can leave the mother, murdered at her door, To crawl in her own blood, and go scott-free; The night can sweat with terror as before. We pieced our thoughts into philosophy, And planned to bring the world under rule, Who are but weasels fighting in a hole. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with..."
Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of..."
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. William Butler Yeats
When I had laid it on the floor. I went to blow the fire a-flame, But something rustled on the floor, And someone called me by my name: It had become a glimmering girl. With apple blossoms in her hair. Who called me by my name and ran. And faded through the brightening air. . . . William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "Hearts with one purpose alone/Through summer and winter..."
Hearts with one purpose alone/Through summer and winter seem/Enchanted to a stone/To trouble the living stream. William Butler Yeats
Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths. Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. William Butler Yeats
Time drops in decay. Like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods. Have their day, have their day; But, kindly old rout. Of the fire-born moods, You pass not away. William Butler Yeats
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;... William Butler Yeats
And I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,/ Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings... William Butler Yeats

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