But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; tread softly, because you tread on my dreams

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods...

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods...

I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough...

I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough...

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and...

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and...

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of...

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of...

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more...

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more...

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those...

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those...

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so...

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so...

We . . . are no petty people. We are of the great stocks of...

We . . . are no petty people. We are of the great stocks of...

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

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...

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your...

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your...

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...

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best...

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best...

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

The sot Loserus is drunk twice a day, Bibinus only once; now of these say,...

The sot Loserus is drunk twice a day, Bibinus only once; now of these say,...

What do people mean when they say the computer went down on me?

What do people mean when they say the computer went down on me?

Problems are not reasons to postpone your life.

Problems are not reasons to postpone your life.