I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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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...

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of...

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of...

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?

True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other...

True love is a discipline in which each divines the secret self of the other...

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...

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.

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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

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

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...

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,...

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

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...

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

When you get real old, honey, you realizre there are certain things that just don't...

When you get real old, honey, you realizre there are certain things that just don't...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...