Education is not the filling of a pail, but rather the lighting of a fire. W. B. Yeats View this quote
Also know as William Butler Yeats
Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph. W. B. Yeats
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We only believe in those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body. W. B. Yeats
All things change, save only the fear of change. W. B. Yeats
An intellectual hatred is the worst. W. B. Yeats
Be not inhospitable to strangers, lest they be angels in disguise. W. B. Yeats
By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live. W. B. Yeats
Death who takes what man would keep, leaves what man would lose. W. B. Yeats
I have certainly known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots. W. B. Yeats
If an author interprets a poem of his own he limits its suggestibility. W. B. Yeats
If what I say resonates with you, it’s merely because we’re branches of the same tree. W. B. Yeats
Irish poet and playwright
June 13th, 1865 - January 28th, 1939
