The best Quotes by William Butler Yeats

The best Quotes by William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and politician. One of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature in the English-speaking canon, he was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment who helped to found the Abbey Theatre. In his later years, he served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State.

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.
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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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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!
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The trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky.

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Even a short stay in Dublin is like walking into literary history, accompanied by music.
My Dublin wasn't the Dublin of sing-songs, traditional music, sense of history and place and community.
I'm just a kid that defied the odds. I'm just a kid that ignored the doubt. I'm just a kid from a little place in Dublin, Ireland, that went all the way, and I'm going to continue to go all the way.
When I die, Dublin will be written in my heart.
Dublin is one of my favourite cities. It's an absolutely amazing place.
I've only been to Dublin once, and I had a great time. I got completely soaked because it was rainy.
They say money can't buy happiness. But it can book your flight to Dublin - which is kinda the same.
You can leave Dublin, but it will never leave you.
Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows him?
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I fear the day when the technology overlaps with our humanity. The world will only have a generation of idiots.
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Men must be free to do what they believe. It is not our right to punish one for thinking what they do, no matter how much we disagree.
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There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.
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It's our "white" responsibility to make sure people who speak out about racism are safe at all times. This means ending structural racism in our societies, authorities and media.
Nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.
I mean, you could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's proved it doesn't exist!
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Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.
2
Giving a child an education is by far one of the most important investments we can make.
It's wrong to think that an educational system could work without conveying values!
Sometimes, strangers can become more like family than blood ever could.
It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!
Homer Simpson in The Simpsons - Season 8 Episode 18
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Everything's better with some wine in the belly.
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Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.
16
To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.
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Surely iron cannot be forged without fire? Most peculiar indeed.
The iron that must bear the most heavy of burdens must also endure the most rigorous tempering!
There is a time in the last few days of summer when the ripeness of autumn fills the air.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
1
October is a symphony of permanence and change.
October is crisp days and cold nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.
After all, you still need time to just sit there and take a look around.
7
"Oh yes, time flies and before you know it you're old," said Pippi. "Come autumn I'll be ten, and I suppose I'll be past my prime then."
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It's real, Six. You can't get mad at a real ending. Some of them are ugly. It's the fake happily ever afters that should piss you off.
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I want you to help them open... because I need you to watch me give you the very last piece of my heart.
4
What other people think of you is none of your business.
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If you're brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.
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This is the true measure of love: When we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved so before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us.
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There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
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The Light failed; but the Darkness that followed was more than loss of light.
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The Elves made many rings; but secretly Sauron made One Ring to rule all the others, and their power was bound up with it.
Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
4
I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.
12
One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
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