Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

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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...

We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves,...

We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves,...

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

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...

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...

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

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

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...

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.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

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

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

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

The Government does not intend these things to happen, the Commission on whose report the...

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for...

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe...

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe...