--- title: "1 Ireland Great Quotes By W.B. Yeats" description: "1 Ireland Great quotes by W.B. Yeats. Plus more from W.B. Yeats and more Ireland Great sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/w-b-yeats-8179_ireland_once-he-said-to-me-in-the-height-of-his_3214887.jpg" --- > [“Once he said to me in the height of his imperial propaganda, 'Tell those young men in Ireland that this great thing must go on. They say Ireland is not fit for self-government but that is nonsense. It is as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/once-he-said-to-me-in-the-height-of-his-imperial-propaganda-tell/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/w-b-yeats-8179_ireland_once-he-said-to-me-in-the-height-of-his_3214887.jpg) ## More by W.B. Yeats > [“The host is rushing 'twixt day and night, And where is there hope or deed as fair? Caoilte tossing his burning hair, And Niamh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/the-host-is-rushing-twixt-day-and-night-and-where-is-there-hope-or/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“Oh, who could have foretold That the heart grows old?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/oh-who-could-have-foretold-that-the-heart-grows-old/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil chance, And the merry love the fiddle, And the merry love to dance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/for-the-good-are-always-the-merry-save-by-an-evil-chance-and-the/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“I spit upon the dancers painted by Degas. I spit upon their short bodies, their stiff stays, their toes whereupon they spin like peg-tops,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/i-spit-upon-the-dancers-painted-by-degas-i-spit-upon-their-short/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“I had fallen into a profound dream-like reverie in which I heard him speaking as at a distance. 'And yet there is no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/i-had-fallen-into-a-profound-dream-like-reverie-in-which-i-heard-him/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“Be you still, be you still, trembling heart; Remember the wisdom out of the old days: \*Him who trembles before the flame and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/be-you-still-be-you-still-trembling-heart-remember-the-wisdom-out-of/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“The Nineteenth Century And After Though the great song return no more There's keen delight in what we have: The rattle of pebbles on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/the-nineteenth-century-and-after-though-the-great-song-return-no-more/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“What is literature but the expression of moods by the vehicle of symbol and incident? And are there not moods which need heaven, hell,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/what-is-literature-but-the-expression-of-moods-by-the-vehicle-of/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“Its quarrel is not with the past, but with the present, where its elders are so obviously powerful, and no cause seems lost if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/its-quarrel-is-not-with-the-past-but-with-the-present-where-its/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“On November Eve they are at their gloomiest, for according to the old Gaelic reckoning, this is the first night of winter. This night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/on-november-eve-they-are-at-their-gloomiest-for-according-to-the-old/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“... Those masterful images because complete Grew in pure mind, but out of what began? A mound of refuse or the sweepings of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/those-masterful-images-because-complete-grew-in-pure-mind-but-out-of/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“The portraits, of more historical than artistic interest, had gone; and tapestry, full of the blue and bronze of peacocks, fell over the doors,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/the-portraits-of-more-historical-than-artistic-interest-had-gone-and/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“it's a long lane that has no turning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/it-s-a-long-lane-that-has-no-turning/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“In tombs of gold and lapis lazuli Bodies of holy men and women exude Miraculous oil, odour of violet. But under heavy loads of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/in-tombs-of-gold-and-lapis-lazuli-bodies-of-holy-men-and-women-exude/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) > [“A man awaits his end Dreading and hoping all; Many times he died, Many times rose again”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-b-yeats/a-man-awaits-his-end-dreading-and-hoping-all-many-times-he-died-many/) [W.B. Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-b-yeats/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ireland-great/w-b-yeats/#itemlist", "name": "1 Ireland Great Quotes By W.B. Yeats", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Once he said to me in the height of his imperial propaganda, 'Tell those young men in Ireland that this great thing must go on. They say Ireland is not fit for self-government but that is nonsense. 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