Quotes by Yeats, William Butler

The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of >>

I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscienc >>

To be born woman is to know -- although they do not speak of it at sch >>

Quotations about Praise

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. >>

I love eulogies. They are the most moving kind of speech because they >>

The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the onl >>

I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.

Yeats, William Butler