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Death3 quotes
Nor dread nor hope attend
A dying animal;
A man awaits his end
Dreading and hoping all. — W.B. Yeats · 1933I that have not your faith, how shall I know
That in the blinding light beyond the grave
We’ll find so good a thing as that we have lost? — W.B. Yeats · 1910I heard the old, old men say,
“Everything alters,
And one by one we drop away.” — W.B. Yeats · 1903Love3 quotes
A pity beyond all telling
Is hid in the heart of love. — W.B. Yeats · 1893Does the imagination dwell the most
Upon a woman won or woman lost? — W.B. Yeats · 1928Oh, love is the crooked thing,
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it,
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon. — W.B. Yeats · 1910Decline of civilization2 quotes
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. — W.B. Yeats · 1920The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity. — W.B. Yeats · 1920The heart2 quotes
O, who could have foretold
That the heart grows old? — W.B. Yeats · 1919The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart. — W.B. Yeats · 1886Adventure1 quote
Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame. — W.B. Yeats · 1894Dissolution1 quote
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. — W.B. Yeats · 1920Dreams1 quote
I have spread my dreams under your feet.
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. — W.B. Yeats · 1899Effects of time1 quote
The innocent and the beautiful
Have no enemy but time. — W.B. Yeats · 1933Gentleness1 quote
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. — W.B. Yeats · 1899Growing up1 quote
That toil of growing up;
The ignominy of boyhood; the distress
Of boyhood changing into man;
The unfinished man and his pain. — W.B. Yeats · 1933Life1 quote
I that have not your faith, how shall I know
That in the blinding light beyond the grave
We’ll find so good a thing as that we have lost? — W.B. Yeats · 1910Loss1 quote
I heard the old, old men say,
"All that's beautiful drifts away
Like the waters." — W.B. Yeats · 1903Lost love1 quote
Does the imagination dwell the most
Upon a woman won or woman lost? — W.B. Yeats · 1928Love and pain1 quote
A pity beyond all telling
Is hid in the heart of love. — W.B. Yeats · 1893Man and animals1 quote
Nor dread nor hope attend
A dying animal;
A man awaits his end
Dreading and hoping all. — W.B. Yeats · 1933Moral decline1 quote
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity. — W.B. Yeats · 1920Mystery of death1 quote
Nor dread nor hope attend
A dying animal;
A man awaits his end
Dreading and hoping all. — W.B. Yeats · 1933Nature of love1 quote
Oh, love is the crooked thing,
There is nobody wise enough
To find out all that is in it,
For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon. — W.B. Yeats · 1910Necessity of work1 quote
It's certain there is no fine thing
Since Adam's fall but needs much labouring. — W.B. Yeats · 1903Political polarization1 quote
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. — W.B. Yeats · 1920Politics1 quote
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. — W.B. Yeats · 1920Reason and emotion1 quote
The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart. — W.B. Yeats · 1886Regret1 quote
Things said or done long years ago,
Or things I did not do or say
But thought that I might say or do,
Weigh me down, and not a day
But something is recalled,
My conscience or my vanity appalled. — W.B. Yeats · 1933Remorse1 quote
Things said or done long years ago,
Or things I did not do or say
But thought that I might say or do,
Weigh me down, and not a day
But something is recalled,
My conscience or my vanity appalled. — W.B. Yeats · 1933Societal collapse1 quote
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold. — W.B. Yeats · 1920The afterlife1 quote
I that have not your faith, how shall I know
That in the blinding light beyond the grave
We’ll find so good a thing as that we have lost? — W.B. Yeats · 1910The ephemeral1 quote
Everything that man esteems
Endures a moment or a day.
Love's pleasure drives his love away,
The painter's brush consumes his dreams. — W.B. Yeats · 1928The human condition1 quote
I heard the old, old men say,
“Everything alters,
And one by one we drop away.” — W.B. Yeats · 1903The only constant is change1 quote
I heard the old, old men say,
“Everything alters,
And one by one we drop away.” — W.B. Yeats · 1903Tired heart1 quote
O, who could have foretold
That the heart grows old? — W.B. Yeats · 1919