William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his lat...
I have spread my dreams under your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” William Butler Yeats
I have spread my dreams under your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.” William Butler Yeats
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
I'm looking for the face I had, before the world was made. William Butler Yeats
I'm looking for the face I had, before the world was made.
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” William Butler Yeats
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart. William Butler Yeats
The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.
For he would be thinking of love till the stars had run away and the shadows eaten the moon.” William Butler Yeats
For he would be thinking of love till the stars had run away and the shadows eaten the moon.”
The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.” William Butler Yeats
The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.”
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
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.”
It is so many years before one can believe enough in what one feels even to know what the feeling is” William Butler Yeats
It is so many years before one can believe enough in what one feels even to know what the feeling is”
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. William Butler Yeats
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
Too many things are occurring for even a big heart to hold.” William Butler Yeats
Too many things are occurring for even a big heart to hold.”
Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet. William Butler Yeats
Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet.
All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.” William Butler Yeats
All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.”
There is another world, but it is in this one.” William Butler Yeats
There is another world, but it is in this one.”
We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. William Butler Yeats
We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.
I bring you with reverent hands The books of my numberless dreams.” William Butler Yeats
I bring you with reverent hands The books of my numberless dreams.”
“There are no strangers, only friends you have not met yet William Butler Yeats
“There are no strangers, only friends you have not met yet
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 is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth. We are happy when we are growing.
An intellectual hatred is the worst. William Butler Yeats
An intellectual hatred is the worst.
I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind. William Butler Yeats
I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. William Butler Yeats
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
In dreams begin responsibilities. William Butler Yeats
In dreams begin responsibilities.
Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart.” William Butler Yeats
Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart.”
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned By those who are not entirely beautiful.” William Butler Yeats
Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned By those who are not entirely beautiful.”
“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.” William Butler Yeats
“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.”
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire William Butler Yeats
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses. William Butler Yeats
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
