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

William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats Quotes

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

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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

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

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, Iron

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

Romantic, Stars, Heart

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

Time, Beautiful, Enemy

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, Language

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

Talent perceives differences; genius, unity. William Butler Yeats

Unity, Talent, Genius

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

Dreams, Feet, You

Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. William Butler Yeats

Sympathy, Child, World

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

Dance, Mountains, World

Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. William Butler Yeats

Love, Truth, Wine

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

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, Long

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, Happy, Growth

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

Joy, Tragedy, Him

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera. William Butler Yeats

Beautiful, People, Dream

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

Friends, Man, Think

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, His, Fleas

When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep. William Butler Yeats

Deep, Eyes, Sleep

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

Best, Good, Man

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, Spirit

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

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

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

Dance, Know, How

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

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round. William Butler Yeats

Dreams, Bag, You

I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood - sex and the dead. William Butler Yeats

I Am, Sex, Opinion

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