Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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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...

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

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

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

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand...

Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand...

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...

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 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...

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.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you...

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you...

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...

Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples...

Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples...

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 happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less on their dispositions than on their...

The happiness or unhappiness of men depends no less on their dispositions than on their...

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge...

The great happiness of life, I find, after all, to consist in the regular discharge...