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William Butler Yeats Quotes: for never yet Has lover lived, but longed to wive Like them that are no more alive.
         

for never yet Has lover lived, but longed to wive Like them that are no more alive.


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There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.



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There is another world, but it is in this one.



Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.



The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.



Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!



But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.



By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.



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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.



What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.



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Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on.

Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on.



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It would be a serious mistake to replace a seasoned statesman with a tempermental tycoon who has no respect for the constitution.



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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.



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Maybe any love we ever have is an angel in whatever form.



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I have seen vast, perhaps unbelievable, changes during the journey that has brought me from the flicker of a lamp in a small Bengal village to the chandeliers of Delhi.

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