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The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

William Butler Yeats
Joy, Tragedy, Periods

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

William Butler Yeats
Joy, Tragedy, Abiding
"Spencer Tracy: A Biography". Book by James Curtis, www.indiewire.com. 2011.

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

William Butler Yeats
Joy, Overcoming, Triumph
William Butler Yeats (2010). “The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. III: Autobiogra”, p.348, Simon and Schuster

The fascination of what's difficult Has dried the sap out of my veins, and rent Spontaneous joy and natural content Out of my heart.

William Butler Yeats
Heart, Joy, Fascination
"The Fascination of What's Difficult" l. 1 (1910)

We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.

William Butler Yeats
Happiness, Laughter, Joy

The woods of Arcady are dead, And over is their antique joy; Of old the world on dreaming fed Gray Truth is now her painted toy.

William Butler Yeats
Dream, Truth, Joy
William Butler Yeats (2015). “When You Are Old: Early Poems, Plays, and Fairy Tales”, p.142, Penguin

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