Yeats

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Those that I fight I do not hate,

those that I guard I do not love.

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Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.

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All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

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Joy is of the will which labours,

which overcomes obstacles,

which knows triumph.

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How can we know the dancer from the dance?

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Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot;

but make it hot by striking.

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A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.

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Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy.

Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit

makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

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But I, being poor, have only my dreams.

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.

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13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939

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