Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: William Butler Yeats Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the...

Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled...

This melancholy London - I sometimes imagine that the souls of the lost are compelled...

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 certainly known more men destroyed by the desire to have a wife and...

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

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not...

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not...

And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that...

And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that...