W. B. Yeats
An Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival.
Quotes by W. B. Yeats
The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
I have always been a man of the theatre.
The greatest thing a man can do is to die for his country.
The true artist is a man who has nothing to say.
I have been a man of many sorrows, and I have been a man of many joys.
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
I have been a man of many dreams, and I have been a man of many failures.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
I have been a man of many loves, and I have been a man of many hates.
The world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
That is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees,
An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing,
We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Do not wait to strike the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.
In dreams begins responsibility.