Oh, Love is the crooked thing, there is nobody wise enough to find out all that is in it, for he will be thinking about love til the stars run away and the shadows eaten the moon...

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Love Quotes

We . . . are no petty people. We are of the great stocks of...

We . . . are no petty people. We are of the great stocks of...

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...

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...

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.

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

Who can tell the dancer from the dance?

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.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath,...

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath,...

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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.

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...

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

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

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the...

Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the...

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...

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods...

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods...

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...