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

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah,...

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah,...

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...

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...

I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all...

I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all...

In dreams begins responsibility.

In dreams begins responsibility.

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire,...

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire,...

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those...

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those...

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...

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

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

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 wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so...

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so...

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...

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.

Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay...

Come swish around, my pretty punk, And keep me dancing still That I may stay...

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...

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...

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had...

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had...

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

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

Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!

Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!

If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.

People live with their own idiosyncrasies and die of their own illnesses

People live with their own idiosyncrasies and die of their own illnesses

There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of...

There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of...