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William Butler Quotes: "There is another world, but it is in this one."

There is another world, but it is in this one.



William Butler Quotes: "Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking."

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.




William Butler Quotes: "The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner."

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.



William Butler Quotes: "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!"

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 Quotes: "But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."

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 Quotes: "By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live."

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.



William Butler Quotes: "Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people."

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.




William Butler Quotes: "What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy."

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.



William Butler Quotes: "One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face."

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.



William Butler Quotes: "Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill."

Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.



William Butler Quotes: "It is one of the great troubles of life that we cannot have any unmixed emotions. There is always something in our enemy that we like, and something in our sweetheart that we dislike."

It is one of the great troubles of life that we cannot have any unmixed emotions. There is always something in our enemy that we like, and something in our sweetheart that we dislike.



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

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




William Butler Quotes: "That toil of growing up; The ignominy of boyhood; the distress Of boyhood changing into man; The unfinished man and his pain."

That toil of growing up; The ignominy of boyhood; the distress Of boyhood changing into man; The unfinished man and his pain.



William Butler Quotes: "All that I have said and done, Now that I am old and ill, Turns into a question till I lie awake night after night And never get the answers right."

All that I have said and done, Now that I am old and ill, Turns into a question till I lie awake night after night And never get the answers right.



William Butler Quotes: "And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone."

And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.



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

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



William Butler Quotes: "Cast a cold eye on life, on death Horseman pass by"

Cast a cold eye on life, on death Horseman pass by



William Butler Quotes: "We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it."

We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it.



William Butler Quotes: "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold."

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.



William Butler Quotes: "From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye."

From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.



William Butler Quotes: "Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph."

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.



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

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



William Butler Quotes: "The falcon cannot hear the falconer"

The falcon cannot hear the falconer



William Butler Quotes: "All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions."

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.



William Butler Quotes: "Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh."

Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh.



William Butler Quotes: "It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield."

It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.



William Butler Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober."

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.



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

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



William Butler Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "If what I say resonates with you, it's merely because we're branches of the same tree."

If what I say resonates with you, it's merely because we're branches of the same tree.



William Butler Quotes: "Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart."

Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart.



William Butler Quotes: "And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey."

And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.



William Butler Quotes: "The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time."

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.



William Butler Quotes: "Gaze no more in the bitter glass The demons, with their subtle guile, Lift up before us when they pass, Or only gaze a little while."

Gaze no more in the bitter glass The demons, with their subtle guile, Lift up before us when they pass, Or only gaze a little while.



William Butler Quotes: "I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots."

I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots.



William Butler Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart."

The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.



William Butler Quotes: "Too many things are occurring for even a big heart to hold."

Too many things are occurring for even a big heart to hold.



William Butler Quotes: "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?"

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?



William Butler Quotes: "A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote."

A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote.



William Butler Quotes: "Everything in nature is resurrection."

Everything in nature is resurrection.



William Butler 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."

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 Quotes: "On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by!"

On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by!



William Butler Quotes: "Everything that's lovely is But a brief, dreamy kind of delight."

Everything that's lovely is But a brief, dreamy kind of delight.



William Butler Quotes: "Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned."

Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.



William Butler Quotes: "In dreams begins responsibility."

In dreams begins responsibility.



William Butler Quotes: "I have often had the fancy that there is some one Myth for every man, which, if we but knew it, would make us understand all he did and thought."

I have often had the fancy that there is some one Myth for every man, which, if we but knew it, would make us understand all he did and thought.