William Butler Yeats Quotes

Irish - Poet June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met. - William Butler Yeats

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met. William Butler Yeats

Friendship, Friends, You, Strangers, Met

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! William Butler Yeats

Mountains, Dance, Ride, World, Wind, Me

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. William Butler Yeats

Motivational, Wait, Hot, Iron, Strike

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. William Butler Yeats

Education, Fire, Lighting, Filling, Pail

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. - William Butler Yeats

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. William Butler Yeats

Stars, Heart, Romantic, Kiss, Far Away

Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends. - William Butler Yeats

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

Man, Friends, Think, Glory, Say, Where

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. William Butler Yeats

Wise, Man, People, Wise Man, Language

Talent perceives differences; genius, unity. - William Butler Yeats

Talent perceives differences; genius, unity. William Butler Yeats

Talent, Unity, Genius, Differences

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. William Butler Yeats

Men, Drunk, Worst, Sober, Worst Thing

The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet. William Butler Yeats

God, Great, I Am, World, Broken, Black

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The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone. William Butler Yeats

Light, Alone, Shadow, Lights, Shadows

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. William Butler Yeats

Best, Worst, Passionate, Conviction

In dreams begins responsibility. - William Butler Yeats

In dreams begins responsibility. William Butler Yeats

Dreams, Responsibility, Begins

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, Growth, Happy, Growing, Thing

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

Joy, Tragedy, Temporary, Irish, Him

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise. - William Butler Yeats

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise. William Butler Yeats

Wisdom, Wise, Suffering, Wish, Would

And say my glory was I had such friends. William Butler Yeats

Friends, Glory, Say, Had

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before. William Butler Yeats

Soul, Energy, New, Temptation, Stronger

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas? - William Butler Yeats

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas? William Butler Yeats

Dog, Fleas, His, Ever, Praised

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. - William Butler Yeats

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. William Butler Yeats

Opinions, Empty, Souls, Extreme, Tend

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time. - William Butler Yeats

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time. William Butler Yeats

Beautiful, Time, Enemy, Innocent

I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above; those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love. William Butler Yeats

Love, Hate, Clouds, Fight, Fate, Know

I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher. William Butler Yeats

Good, Best, Man, Good Man, Enough, Bad

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

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

Dreams, You, Because, Tread, Softly

We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. William Butler Yeats

Poetry, Rhetoric, Others, Out, Quarrel

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens. - William Butler Yeats

Life is a long preparation for something that never happens. William Butler Yeats

Life, Preparation, Life Is A, Long

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