If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 6
The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 3
There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 3
I sigh that kiss you, For I must own That I shall miss you When you have grown. William Butler Yeats Irish Writer More William Butler Yeats Quotes 3
All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 3
How can we know the dancer from the dance? William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 3
I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.' William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 3
Life is a long preparation for something that never happens. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 3
Man can embody truth but he cannot know it. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 3
"Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.'. William Butler Yeats Irish Writer More William Butler Yeats Quotes 1
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 1
Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made, scorn the sort now growing up all out of shape from toe to top. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstinting has been naught. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled to walk through its streets perpetually. One feels them passing like a whiff of air. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it at school - women must labor to be beautiful. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. William Butler Yeats Irish Poet More William Butler Yeats Quotes 0