Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned;…

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Anarchy Quotes, Innocence Quotes

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age;...

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age;...

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of...

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of...

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...

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...

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...

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

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

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

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...

In dreams begins responsibility.

In dreams begins responsibility.

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all...

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all...

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We...

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,...

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.

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.

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...

You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to...

You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to...

Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start....

Out of Ireland have we come, great hatred, little room, maimed us at the start....

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.

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

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