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

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...

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

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.

Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start....

Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start....

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...

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...

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.

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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...

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

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

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

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

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...

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

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 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...

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

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...