Quotes about William Butler Yeats

Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.

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A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's...

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

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I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough...

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I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest...

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

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How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered...

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

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Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the...

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Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you...

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Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand...

#William Butler Yeats