Author: William Butler Yeats

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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

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

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

- William Butler Yeats

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 Yeats

I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

- 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

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.

How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.

- 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

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

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