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The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
William Butler Yeats
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William Butler Yeats
Age: 73 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 13
Died: 1939
Died: January 28
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I think all happiness depends on the energy to assume the mask of some other life, on a re-birth as something not one's self.
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Acquaintance companion One dear brilliant woman The best-endowed, the elect, All by their youth undone, All, all, by that inhuman Bitter glory wrecked.
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Boughs have their fruit and blossom At all times of the year Rivers are running over With red beer and brown beer.
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How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.
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