I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Death Quotes

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...

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...

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...

Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from...

Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from...

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...

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...

Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the...

Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the...

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...

Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay...

Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay...

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, 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...

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

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...

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...

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more...

One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more...

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...

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

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

Perhaps a great love is never returned.

Perhaps a great love is never returned.

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.