You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Truth Quotes

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...

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by...

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by...

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of...

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of...

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

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...

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;...

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...

Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from...

Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truth, passed on from...

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...

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are...

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are...

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...

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

Oh, Love is the crooked thing, there is nobody wise enough to find out all...

Oh, Love is the crooked thing, there is nobody wise enough to find out all...

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,...

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...

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...

Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples...

Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples...

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 happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

The happiest moments my heart knows are those in which it is pouring forth its...

And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted...

And you would accept the seasons of your heart just as you have always accepted...

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks...

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks...