"The soul of man is of the imperishable……" — William Butler Yeats
"The soul of man is of the imperishable substance of the stars!"
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370 Quotes by William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats has 370 quotes on this site.
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Teaching is not filling up a pail, it is lighting a fire.
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Speech after long silence; it is right, All other lovers being estranged or dead . . . That we descant…
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All that we did, all that we said or sang must come from contact with the soil.
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And God, the herdsman, goads them on behind.
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And pluck till time and times are done the silver apples of the moon the golden apples of the sun.
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Let the minor genius go his light way and enjoy his life - the great nature cannot so live, he…
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If what I say resonates with you, it's merely because we're branches of the same tree.
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It is most important that we should keep in this country a certain leisured class. I am of the opinion…
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Mysticism has been in the past and probably ever will be one of the great powers of the world and…
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The Land of Faery, Where nobody gets old and godly and grave, Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise,…
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Tread softly, for you tread on my dreams
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No man has ever lived that had enough of children's gratitude or woman's love.
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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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The insatiable thirst for everything which lies beyond, and which life reveals, is the most living proof of our immortality.
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The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind…
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Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet…
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Immortality: A toy which people cry for, And on their knees apply for, Dispute, contend and lie for, And if…
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My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.
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To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are ignorant of death; what is…
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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The only thing wrong with immortality is that it tends to go on forever.
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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
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When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever…
— H. L. Mencken
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