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

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age;...

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age;...

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there...

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there...

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.

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...

And say my glory was I had such friends.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

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...

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...

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...

Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made, scorn the sort now growing...

Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made, scorn the sort now growing...

This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled...

This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled...

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will...

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will...