William Butler Yeats Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.”

“Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the indomitable Irishry.”

“Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.”

“Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.”

“You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements.”

“I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.”

“The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.”

“I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.”