Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay a sober man Although I drink my fill.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Drink Quotes

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...

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...

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by...

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by...

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

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...

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...

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,...

A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.

A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.

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...

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...

And say my glory was I had such friends.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

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...

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 know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there...

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there...

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...

Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had...

Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had...

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

I'm a controversial figure: my friends either dislike me or hate me.

I'm a controversial figure: my friends either dislike me or hate me.