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Poet William Butler Yeats was born on 13th June 1865 AD. A New Zealander citizen, William Butler Yeats was born in New Zealand. He was also called Yeats. Yeats was 74 years old when he died on 28th January 1939 AD. In his life Yeats was famous not only for his work but also for quotations and sayings, some of which are quite popular and listed here.

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From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye.	Tweet
A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstinting has been naught.	Tweet
And say my glory was I had such friends.	Tweet
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.	Tweet
But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.	Tweet
Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!	Tweet
Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.	Tweet
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.	Tweet
Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.	Tweet
How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.	Tweet
I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood - sex and the dead.	Tweet
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.	Tweet
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.	Tweet
I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.	Tweet
If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.	Tweet
Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.	Tweet

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