William Butler Yeats Quotes

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

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, Pail, Filling

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, Here, Only

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, Like, Come

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, Till

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, Away, How Far

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, Fate, Guard

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, Innocent, Enemy

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

Saint Patrick's Day, Think

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

Talent perceives differences; genius, unity. William Butler Yeats

Genius, Unity, Talent

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

Worst Thing, Some, Drunk

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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

Passionate, Intensity, Best

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, Think, Communicate

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

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. William Butler Yeats

Tend, Toward, Souls

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

Always, Looks, Alone

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing. William Butler Yeats

Pleasure, Happy, Nor

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

Will, Bag, Dreams

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

Never, Life Is A, Happens

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

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

Dancer, How, Know

Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult. - William Butler Yeats

Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult. William Butler Yeats

Most, Known, Things

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

Quarrel, Rhetoric, Make

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

Imagination, Mind, Starving

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth. William Butler Yeats

Given, More, Own

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

Bad, Show, Every Man

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

Saint Patrick's Day, Which

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

Wise, Wish, Brings

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, Waters, Away

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