I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all made what Dante calls the Great Refusal. . . . The shallowest people on the ridge of the earth.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.

We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.

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...

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best...

People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best...

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of...

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

And say my glory was I had such friends.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's...

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's...

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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

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

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

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

The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it's been...

The human heart has a way of making itself large again even after it's been...

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs...

Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs...

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships

Forgiveness is the oil of relationships