William Butler Yeats – “I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drif…”
William Butler Yeats best Beauty Quotes – “I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'”
William Butler Yeats best Beauty Quotes – “I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'”
William Butler Yeats best Art Quotes – “I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.”
William Butler Yeats best Anger Quotes – “One should not lose one’s temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.”
William Butler Yeats best Alone Quotes – “The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.”
William Butler Yeats best Alone Quotes – “You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to this hallowed place where my friends’ portraits hang and look thereon; Ireland’s history in their lineaments trace; think where man’s glory most begins and ends and say my glory was I had such friends.”
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. – William Butler Yeats
Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame. – William Butler Yeats
There are no strangers here, Only friends you haven’t yet met. – William Butler Yeats
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. – William Butler Yeats
But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. – William Butler Yeats
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. – William Butler Yeats