The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Elderly Quotes

And say my glory was I had such friends.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

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...

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.

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

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...

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

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

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

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...

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...

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.

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

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...

In dreams begins responsibility.

In dreams begins responsibility.

The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance...

The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance...

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...

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...

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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...