A biography for William Butler Yeatshasn’t been written yet.
“The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.”
“People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.”
“Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.”
“How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.”
“I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.”
“One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.”
“How can we know the dancer from the dance?”
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”