The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Drinking Quotes, People Quotes, Problems Quotes

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

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...

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

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

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...

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...

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from...

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from...

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...

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...

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...

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall...

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Where, where but here have Pride and Truth, That long to give themselves for wage,...

Where, where but here have Pride and Truth, That long to give themselves for wage,...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...

Jesus died too soon. If he had lived to my age he would have repudiated...