Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are...

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are...

In dreams begins responsibility.

In dreams begins responsibility.

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may...

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may...

A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to...

A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to...

I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.

I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.

Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the...

Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the...

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other...

True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other...

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered...

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered...

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's...

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's...

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath,...

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath,...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

Where, where but here have Pride and Truth, That long to give themselves for wage,...

Where, where but here have Pride and Truth, That long to give themselves for wage,...

Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I...

As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I...