“ Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. William Butler Yeats
“ The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober. William Butler Yeats
“ We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry. William Butler Yeats
“ Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round. William Butler Yeats
“ I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.' William Butler Yeats
“ The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone. William Butler Yeats
“ 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
“ One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. William Butler Yeats
“ 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 Yeats
“ I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind. William Butler Yeats
“ People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. William Butler Yeats
“ Why should not old men be mad?Some have known a likely ladThat had a sound fly-fisher's wristTurn to a drunken journalist;A girl that knew all Dante onceLive to bear children to a dunce;A Helen of soc… William Butler Yeats
