“Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.”
Romantic
“Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.”
TruthAll Quotes by William Butler Yeats
“The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.”
Time“To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it at school - women must labor to be beautiful.”
Women“The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.”
God“Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.”
Truth“Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
Dreams“The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.”
Men“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.”
Courage“In dreams begins responsibility.”
Dreams“I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.”
Truth“I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.”
Death“I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'”
Men“Choose your companions from the best Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.”
Best“But I, being poor, have only my dreams I have spread my dreams under your feet Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
Dreams“The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.”
Alone“Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.”
Happiness“Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.”
Friendship“If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.”
Wisdom“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”
Best“The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.”
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