William Butler Yeats
Ireland
13 Jun 1865 // 28 Jan 1939
Poet
13 Jun 1865 // 28 Jan 1939
Poet
Quotes
Land of Heart's Desire
Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood,
But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.
Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood,
But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.
The Land of Faery,
Where nobody gets old and godly and grave,
Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise
Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.
Where nobody gets old and godly and grave,
Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise
Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays