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William Butler Yeats
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William Butler Yeats

“A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught.”

- William Butler Yeats

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“Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.”

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“All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.”

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“An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.”

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“And say my glory was I had such friends.”

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“Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.”

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“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”

- William Butler Yeats

Source/Notes: As quoted in: "The New York Times Biographical Service, Volume 26" (1995), p. 1417
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“But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”

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“But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?”

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“Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the indomitable Irishry.”

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“Choose your companions from the best; Who draws a bucket with the rest soon topples down the hill.”

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“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.”

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