"I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots."
― William Butler Yeats
Topic(s):
Men
More From William Butler Yeats
- "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."
- "Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends."
- "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."
More In Men
- "Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men."― George Bernard Shaw
- "There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain."― Plato
- "Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be."― Quintilian