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There is another world, but it is in this one. (William Butler Yeats)
Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh. View quote
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For he would be thinking of love Till the stars had run away And the shadows eaten the moon. View quote
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Hammer your thoughts into unity. View quote
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Everything that man esteems Endures a moment or a day. View quote
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I would be -- for no knowledge is worth a straw --Ignorant and wanton as the dawn. View quote
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Once out of nature I shall never take My bodily form from any natural thing, But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make. View quote
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Why should the imagination of a man Long past his prime remember things that are Emblematical of love and war? View quote
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Come near; I would, before my time to go, Sing of old Eire and the ancient ways: Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days. View quote
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Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. I lift the glass to my mouth, I look at you, and I sigh. View quote
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Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart long for, and have no fear. Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet. (William Butler Yeats)
Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party. View quote
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Too many things are occurring for even a big heart to hold. View quote
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Myself I must remake. View quote
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One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again. View quote
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Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet. View quote
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We taste and feel and see the truth. We do not reason ourselves into it. View quote
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Hearts are not to be had as a gift, hearts are to be earned. View quote
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My wretched dragon is perplexed. View quote
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Love comes in at the eye. View quote
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Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart. (William Butler Yeats)
I kiss you and kiss you, With arms around my own, Ah, how shall I miss you, When, dear, you have grown. View quote
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The mystical life is at the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write. View quote
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God guard me from those thoughts men think In the mind alone. View quote
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Where there is nothing, there is God. View quote
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