Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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I have certainly known more men destroyed by the desire to have a wife and...

I have certainly known more men destroyed by the desire to have a wife and...

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all...

I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all...

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...

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...

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.

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...

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance...

The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance...

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.

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 years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them...

The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them...

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire,...

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire,...

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...

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...