William Butler Yeats, 1865 - 1939
Photo by George Charles Beresford (15 July 1911)
Born: 13 June 1865, Dublin, Ireland
Died: 28 January 1939, Menton, France
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- A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught. permalink
William Butler Yeats - A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love. permalink
William Butler Yeats - Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away. permalink
William Butler Yeats - All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. permalink
William Butler Yeats - An intellectual hate is the worst. permalink
William Butler Yeats - Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. permalink
William Butler Yeats - But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. permalink
William Butler Yeats - But was there ever dog that praised his fleas? permalink
William Butler Yeats - Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the indomitable Irishry. permalink
William Butler Yeats - Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill. permalink
William Butler Yeats - Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping
than you can understand. permalink
William Butler Yeats - Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors of national taste. permalink
William Butler Yeats - Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. permalink
William Butler Yeats - Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. permalink
William Butler Yeats - Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing. permalink
William Butler Yeats
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