Even the wisest man grows tense With some sort of violence Before he can accomplish fate, Know his work or choose his mate. Poet and sculptor, do the work, Nor let the modish painter shirk.
William Butler Yeats
Creative Tension, Fateful Choice, Artistic Struggle, Wisdom, Work, Destiny
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“We all to some extent meet again and again the same people and certainly in some cases form a kind of family of two or three or more persons who come together life after life until all passionate relations are exhausted, the child of one life the husband, wife, brother, sister of the next. Sometimes, however, a single relationship will repeat itself, turning its revolving wheel again and again.” William Butler Yeats
Reincarnated Connections, Life Cycles, Eternal Relationships, Reincarnation, Relationships, Life
William Butler Yeats Reincarnated Connections, Life Cycles, Eternal Relationships, Reincarnation, Relationships, Life“All through the years of our youth Neither could have known Their own thought from the other’s, We were so much at one.” William Butler Yeats
Connection, Unity, Intimacy, Youthful Bond, Shared Experiences, Emotional Ties
William Butler Yeats Connection, Unity, Intimacy, Youthful Bond, Shared Experiences, Emotional Ties“The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.” William Butler Yeats
Tragedy, Joy, Anticipation, Fate, Sorrow, Resilience
William Butler Yeats Tragedy, Joy, Anticipation, Fate, Sorrow, Resilience“Thought is a garment and the soul’s a bride That cannot in that trash and tinsel hide: Hatred of God may bring the soul to God.” William Butler Yeats
Soul’s Bride, Thought’s Cover, Hidden Hatred, Soul, Thought, Hatred
William Butler Yeats Soul’s Bride, Thought’s Cover, Hidden Hatred, Soul, Thought, Hatred“The soul of man is of the imperishable substance of the stars!” William Butler Yeats
Imperishable Soul, Star Substance, Immortality, Divinity, Essence, Cosmos
William Butler Yeats Imperishable Soul, Star Substance, Immortality, Divinity, Essence, Cosmos“How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.” William Butler Yeats
Distant Memories, Lost Love, Aging Heart, Stars, Love, Nostalgia
William Butler Yeats Distant Memories, Lost Love, Aging Heart, Stars, Love, Nostalgia“Things said or done long years ago Or things I did not do or say But thought that I might say or do, Weigh me down, and not a day But something is recalled, My conscience or my vanity appalled.” William Butler Yeats
Regretful Past, Lingering Thoughts, Weighed Conscience, Regret, Conscience, Memory
William Butler Yeats Regretful Past, Lingering Thoughts, Weighed Conscience, Regret, Conscience, Memory“I have grown to believe that there is no dangerous idea, which does not become less dangerous when written out in sincere and careful English.” William Butler Yeats
Ideas, Thought, Writing, Sincerity, Reflection, Communication
William Butler Yeats Ideas, Thought, Writing, Sincerity, Reflection, Communication“The world being illusive, one must be deluded in some way if one is to triumph in it.” William Butler Yeats
Illusive World, Deluded Triumph, Life’s Illusion, World, Triumph, Illusion
William Butler Yeats Illusive World, Deluded Triumph, Life’s Illusion, World, Triumph, Illusion“O cloud-pale eyelids, dream-dimmed eyes, The poets labouring all their days To build a perfect beauty in rhyme Are overthrown by a woman’s gaze...” William Butler Yeats
Poetic Beauty, Woman’s Gaze, Dream-Dimmed Eyes, Inspiration, Overthrown, Perfection
William Butler Yeats Poetic Beauty, Woman’s Gaze, Dream-Dimmed Eyes, Inspiration, Overthrown, Perfection“Many times man lives and dies Betweeen his two eternities, That of race and that of soul, And ancient Ireland knew it all. Whether man die in his bed Or the rifle knocks him dead.” William Butler Yeats
Life And Death, Eternity, Heritage, Reflection, Reality, Existence
William Butler Yeats Life And Death, Eternity, Heritage, Reflection, Reality, Existence“A mouth that has no moisture and no breath Breathless mouths may summon; I hail the superhuman; I call it death-in-life and life-in-death.” William Butler Yeats
Transcendence, Superhuman, Death, Life, Transformation, Immortality
William Butler Yeats Transcendence, Superhuman, Death, Life, Transformation, Immortality“He only can create the greatest imaginable beauty who has endured all imaginable pangs, for only when we have seen and foreseen what we dread shall we be rewarded by that dazzling unforeseen wing-footed wanderer.” William Butler Yeats
Creation, Beauty, Endurance, Pain, Transformation, Vision
William Butler Yeats Creation, Beauty, Endurance, Pain, Transformation, Vision“And when you sigh from kiss to kiss I hear white Beauty sighing, too, For hours when all must fade like dew...” William Butler Yeats
Love’s Ephemerality, Beauty’s Sigh, Fleeting Passion, Romance, Yearning, Nostalgia
William Butler Yeats Love’s Ephemerality, Beauty’s Sigh, Fleeting Passion, Romance, Yearning, Nostalgia“In mockery I have set A powerful emblem up, And sing it rhyme upon rhyme In mockery of a time Half dead at the top.” William Butler Yeats
Mockery Time, Powerful Emblem, Rhyme Mock, Satire, Critique, Reflection
William Butler Yeats Mockery Time, Powerful Emblem, Rhyme Mock, Satire, Critique, Reflection“It is one of the great troubles of life that we cannot have any unmixed emotions. There is always something in our enemy that we like, and something in our sweetheart that we dislike.” William Butler Yeats
Complex Emotions, Human Paradox, Emotional Truth, Love, Reflection, Conflict
William Butler Yeats Complex Emotions, Human Paradox, Emotional Truth, Love, Reflection, Conflict“Even the wisest man grows tense With some sort of violence Before he can accomplish fate, Know his work or choose his mate. Poet and sculptor, do the work, Nor let the modish painter shirk.” William Butler Yeats
Creative Tension, Fateful Choice, Artistic Struggle, Wisdom, Work, Destiny
William Butler Yeats Creative Tension, Fateful Choice, Artistic Struggle, Wisdom, Work, Destiny“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