“Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.”
— William Butler Yeats
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Why should we honour those that die
“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
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Category: history
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The light of lights looks always on
“The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone.”
— William Butler Yeats
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Category: alone
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People who lean on logic and philosophy
“People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.”
— William Butler Yeats
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Category: imagination
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I am of a healthy long lived
“I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.”
— William Butler Yeats
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Category: age
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Take, if you must, this little bag
“Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.”
— William Butler Yeats
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Category: dreams
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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish
“If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.”
— William Butler Yeats
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In dreams begins responsibility.
“In dreams begins responsibility.”
— William Butler Yeats
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People who lean on logic and philosophy
“People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.”
— William Butler Yeats
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Category: best
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The only business of the head in
“The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart.”
— William Butler Yeats
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Category: business
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The best lack all conviction, while the
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”
— William Butler Yeats
Author: William Butler Yeats
Category: best
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