~ William Butler Yeats Quotes ~

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William Butler Yeats Quotes


An Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature.
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years. In 1923 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation."

Here are some famous quotes by William Butler Yeats.

In dreams begins responsibility.

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All empty souls tend to extreme opinion.

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Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart.

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Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.

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Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.

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Be secret and exult Because of all things known That is most difficult.

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Joy is the will which labors which overcomes obstacles which knows triumph.

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The best lack all conviction while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.

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No man has ever lived that had enough of children's gratitude or woman's love.

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The intellect of man is forced to choose Perfection of the life or of the work.

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Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.

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One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.

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People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.

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She bid me take love easy as the leaves grow on the tree; But I being young and foolish with her would not agree.