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...
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.”
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.”
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”
There is another world, but it is in this one.” William Butler Yeats
There is another world, but it is in this one.”
An intellectual hatred is the worst. William Butler Yeats
An intellectual hatred is the worst.
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.
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.
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.
“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.” William Butler Yeats
“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.”
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.
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.”