A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstinting has been naught.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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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...

This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled...

This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled...

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...

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of...

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of...

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,...

It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed...

It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed...

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age;...

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age;...

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for...

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for...

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest...

I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest...

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

May God be praised for woman That gives up all her mind, A man may...

May God be praised for woman That gives up all her mind, A man may...

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to...

You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to...

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...

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...

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will...

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will...