Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. -William Butler Yeats Saintpatricksday
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. -William Butler Yeats Dating
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. -William Butler Yeats Truth
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. -William Butler Yeats History
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. -William Butler Yeats History
I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher. -William Butler Yeats Best
Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. -William Butler Yeats Saintpatricksday
Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing. -William Butler Yeats Happiness
I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind. -William Butler Yeats Art
People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. -William Butler Yeats Best
Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. -William Butler Yeats Sympathy
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. -William Butler Yeats Alone
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. -William Butler Yeats Motivational
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. -William Butler Yeats Courage
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. -William Butler Yeats Great
How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. -William Butler Yeats Romantic
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. -William Butler Yeats Truth
We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. -William Butler Yeats Poetry
