William Butler Yeats
Ireland
13 Jun 1865 // 28 Jan 1939
Poet
13 Jun 1865 // 28 Jan 1939
Poet
Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say.
Never to have drawn the breath of life,
never to have looked into the eye of day;
The second best's a gay goodnight and quickly turn away.
Never to have drawn the breath of life,
never to have looked into the eye of day;
The second best's a gay goodnight and quickly turn away.
From Oedipus at Colonus
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays