Author: William Butler Yeats

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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 Yeats

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

- William Butler Yeats

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.

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

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

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

- William Butler Yeats

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

- William Butler Yeats

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

- William Butler Yeats

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 Yeats

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

- William Butler Yeats

In dreams begins responsibility.

In dreams begins responsibility.

- William Butler Yeats

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