Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves,...

We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves,...

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;...

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall...

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall...

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...

And say my glory was I had such friends.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

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...

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah,...

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah,...

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from...

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from...

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...

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

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...

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

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...

Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.

Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned...

Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned...

You never lose by loving. You always lost by holding back.

You never lose by loving. You always lost by holding back.

Without love our life isa ship without a rudderlike a body without a soul.

Without love our life isa ship without a rudderlike a body without a soul.