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

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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

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

I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and...

I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and...

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...

I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest...

I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest...

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.

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

An intellectual hatred is the worst.

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.'

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may...

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may...

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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,...

Every age thinks it is perfect, especially in religion.

Every age thinks it is perfect, especially in religion.

What is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife? Whereas...

What is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife? Whereas...

Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again...

Here Greek and Roman find themselves alive along these crowded shelves; and Shakespeare treads again...