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

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

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, Filling, Pail

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

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

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

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, Enemy, Innocent

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

Talent perceives differences; genius, unity. William Butler Yeats

Unity, Talent, Genius

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

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

Dreams, Will, Bag

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

Think, Saint Patrick's Day

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William Butler Yeats
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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

Drunk, Worst Thing, Some

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

Happy, Pleasure, Nor

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution. William Butler Yeats

Kind, Religious, Persecution

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

Alone, Looks, Always

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, Away, Waters

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, Every Man, Show

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, Book, 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, New, Before

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, Passionate, Intensity

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

Which, Saint Patrick's Day

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

In dreams begins responsibility. - William Butler Yeats

In dreams begins responsibility. William Butler Yeats

Responsibility, Begins

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

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

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. William Butler Yeats

Souls, Tend, Toward

You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements. William Butler Yeats

Idea, Some, Englishman

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 Is A, Never, Happens

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