An intellectual hatred is the worst.
William Butler Yeats
Intellectual Feud, Emotional Wounds, Mental Conflict, Hatred, Conflict, Intellect
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More William Butler Yeats Quotes
“I agree about Shaw – he is haunted by the mystery he flouts. He is an atheist who trembles in the haunted corridor.” William Butler Yeats
Shaw’s Mystery, Atheist’s Doubt, Haunted Corridor, Mystery, Doubt, Corridor
William Butler Yeats Shaw’s Mystery, Atheist’s Doubt, Haunted Corridor, Mystery, Doubt, Corridor“Because I helped to wind the clock, I come to hear it strike.” William Butler Yeats
Time’s Reflection, Purposeful Actions, Life’s Moments, Time, Actions, Purpose
William Butler Yeats Time’s Reflection, Purposeful Actions, Life’s Moments, Time, Actions, Purpose“But O, sick children of the world, Of all the many changing things In dreary dancing past us whirled, To the cracked tune that Chronos sings, Words alone are certain good.” William Butler Yeats
Sick Children, Changing Things, Chronos Tune, Mortality, Words, Certainty
William Butler Yeats Sick Children, Changing Things, Chronos Tune, Mortality, Words, Certainty“I sat on cushioned otter-skin: My word was law from Ith to Emain, And shook at Invar Amargin The hearts of the world-troubling seamen, And drove tumult and war away.” William Butler Yeats
Leadership, Authority, Reflection, Power, Wisdom, Influence
William Butler Yeats Leadership, Authority, Reflection, Power, Wisdom, Influence“Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.” William Butler Yeats
Waters And Wild, Fairy’s Hand, World’s Weeping, Innocence, Escape, Sorrow
William Butler Yeats Waters And Wild, Fairy’s Hand, World’s Weeping, Innocence, Escape, Sorrow“I would that I were an old beggar Rolling a blind pearl eye, For he cannot see my lady Go gallivanting by.” William Butler Yeats
Blind Beggar, Gallivanting Lady, Lost Vision, Beggar, Lady, Eye
William Butler Yeats Blind Beggar, Gallivanting Lady, Lost Vision, Beggar, Lady, Eye“The hare grows old as she plays in the sun And gazes around her with eyes of brightness; Before the swift things that she dreamed of were done She limps along in an aged whiteness...” William Butler Yeats
Aging Hare, Bright Eyes, Dreams Undone, Aging, Reflection, Nature
William Butler Yeats Aging Hare, Bright Eyes, Dreams Undone, Aging, Reflection, Nature“In dreams begins responsibility.” William Butler Yeats
Dreams’ Weight, Visionary Thoughts, Accountability’s Start, Imagination, Reflection, Purpose
William Butler Yeats Dreams’ Weight, Visionary Thoughts, Accountability’s Start, Imagination, Reflection, Purpose“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.” William Butler Yeats
Irish Tragedy, Sustained Joy, Temporary Periods, Tragedy, Joy, Irish
William Butler Yeats Irish Tragedy, Sustained Joy, Temporary Periods, Tragedy, Joy, Irish“O heart, we are old; The living beauty is for younger men: We cannot pay its tribute of wild tears.” William Butler Yeats
Aging, Beauty, Youth, Nostalgia, Creativity, Loss
William Butler Yeats Aging, Beauty, Youth, Nostalgia, Creativity, Loss“I know of the leafy paths that the witches take Who come with their crowns of pearl and their spindles of wool, And their secret smile, out of the depths of the lake...” William Butler Yeats
Enchanted Paths, Mysterious Witches, Mythical Depths, Witches, Paths, Secret
William Butler Yeats Enchanted Paths, Mysterious Witches, Mythical Depths, Witches, Paths, Secret“The only enemy of innocence and beauty is time.” William Butler Yeats
Innocence, Beauty, Time, Aging, Loss, Fleeting
William Butler Yeats Innocence, Beauty, Time, Aging, Loss, Fleeting“Come, heart, where hill is heaped upon hill: For there the mystical brotherhood Of sun and moon and hollow and wood And river and stream work out their will…” William Butler Yeats
Mystical Nature, Spiritual Journey, Harmony, Exploration, Emotion, Peace
William Butler Yeats Mystical Nature, Spiritual Journey, Harmony, Exploration, Emotion, Peace“The Muse is mute when public men Applaud a modern throne.” William Butler Yeats
Mute Muse, Public Applause, Modern Throne, Art, Critique, Authority
William Butler Yeats Mute Muse, Public Applause, Modern Throne, Art, Critique, Authority“Come swish around my pretty punk And keep me dancing still That I may stay a sober man Although I drink my fill.” William Butler Yeats
Playful Spirit, Dancing Joy, Sober Celebration, Dancing, Joy, Spirit
William Butler Yeats Playful Spirit, Dancing Joy, Sober Celebration, Dancing, Joy, Spirit“Whence had they come The hand and lash that beat down frigid Rome? What sacred drama through her body heaved When world-transforming Charlemagne was conceived?” William Butler Yeats
Historical Legacy, Sacred Drama, Frigid Rome, Legacy, Transformation, Charlemagne
William Butler Yeats Historical Legacy, Sacred Drama, Frigid Rome, Legacy, Transformation, Charlemagne“This great purple butterfly, In the prison of my hands, Has a learning in his eye Not a poor fool understands.” William Butler Yeats
Purple Butterfly, Prison Hands, Hidden Wisdom, Mystic Beauty, Intricate Design, Silent Knowledge
William Butler Yeats Purple Butterfly, Prison Hands, Hidden Wisdom, Mystic Beauty, Intricate Design, Silent Knowledge“What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.” William Butler Yeats
Fear, Misunderstanding, Destruction, Ignorance, Understanding, Ignorance
William Butler Yeats Fear, Misunderstanding, Destruction, Ignorance, Understanding, Ignorance