Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
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Until the axle break That keeps the stars in their round, And hands hurl in the deep The banners of East and West, And the girdle of light is unbound, Your breast will not lie by the breast Of your beloved in sleepWilliam Butler Yeats
The friends that have it I do wrong When ever I remake a song Should know what issue is at stake, It is myself that I remake.
William Butler Yeats
The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.
William Butler Yeats
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
William Butler Yeats
That dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea.
William Butler Yeats
I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera.
William Butler Yeats
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