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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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...

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

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

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But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

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