Irish poet William Butler Yeats was born on June 13, 1865 in Dublin.Getty Images
William Butler Yeats was born on June 13, 1865, in Dublin, Ireland. To mark the special day, we take a look at some of the Irish poet's best quotes
As an acclaimed poet and playwright, it is said it is hard to imagine the revolutionary decade in Ireland without W. B. Yeats. His hauntingly beautiful poems such as “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”, and “The Stolen Child” are juxtaposed with powerful poems that document the political unrest in “September 1913”, and “Easter 1916.”
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W. B. Yeats in 1908 (Getty Images)
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A cultural revolutionary, Yeats co-founded the Abbey Theatre, the Irish Literary Society, and the Cuala Press. He is forever associated with his muse, Maude Gonne, and his unrequited love for her is well documented.
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The Abbey Theater in Dublin, circa 1930 (Getty Images)
In 2015, Ireland celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Nobel Prize-winning poet. The festival of celebration presented a local, national and international series of exhibitions, performances, educational events, festivals, concerts, readings, talks, and screenings.
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In honor of the beloved Irish poet's birthday, here are some of Yeats's most famous quotes:
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”
“There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.”
“Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.”
“How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.”
“Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.”
“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”
“Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.”
“People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.”
“Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.”
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William Butler Yeats (Getty Images)
Happy Birthday, Mr. Yeats.
What's your favorite piece by W. B. Yeats? Let us know in the comments!
H/T: Brainy Quote.
* Originally published in June 2015.
Irish poet William Butler Yeats was born on June 13, 1865 in Dublin.Getty Images
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