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

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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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...

Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made, scorn the sort now growing...

Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made, scorn the sort now growing...

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had...

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had...

I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that...

I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that...

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...

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...

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

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...

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

Oh, Love is the crooked thing, there is nobody wise enough to find out all...

Oh, Love is the crooked thing, there is nobody wise enough to find out all...

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...

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...

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...

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

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

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

Education is an art.

Education is an art.

And how are you going to make education easy? You might as well try to...

And how are you going to make education easy? You might as well try to...