Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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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...

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.'

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...

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

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...

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.

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and...

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and...

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...

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

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

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...

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.

A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it...

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it...

Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had...

Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had...

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...

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

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...

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...

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.