William Butler Yeats Quotes

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
William Butler Yeats

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
William Butler Yeats

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
William Butler Yeats

How can we know the dancer from the dance?
William Butler Yeats

Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
William Butler Yeats

In dreams begins responsibility.
William Butler Yeats

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats Quotes
		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 Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Topic: History Quotes Type: Poet Quotes Category: Irish Poet Quotes Date of Birth: June 13, 1865 Date of Death: January 28, 1939 Nationality: Irish Amazon: William Butler Yeats on Amazon	Related Authors: Thomas Moore Seamus Heaney William Allingham Oliver Goldsmith James Stephens Tom Paulin Patrick Kavanagh J. M. Synge
		Select William Butler Yeats Quotations: Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. William Butler Yeats Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. William Butler Yeats How can we know the dancer from the dance? William Butler Yeats Think where mans glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. William Butler Yeats In dreams begins responsibility. William Butler Yeats Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. William Butler Yeats
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