A Quote by William Butler Yeats

My wretched dragon is perplexed. — © William Butler Yeats
My wretched dragon is perplexed.
Man's greatness is great in that he knows himself wretched. A tree does not know itself wretched. It is then being wretched to know oneself wretched; but it is being great to know that one is wretched.
Always be polite to a dragon. It's harder than it sounds. Dragon etiquette is incredibly complicated, and if you make a mistake, the dragon eats you.
I'm not so much a dragon slayer, more a dragon annoyer -- I'm a dragon irritater.
O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
We have reached the age, those of us to whom fortune has assigned a post in life's struggle, when beaten and smashed and biffed by the lashing of the dragon's tail, we begin to appreciate that the old man was not such a fool after all. We saw our parents wrestling with the same dragon, and we thought, though we never spoke a thought aloud, 'Why doesn't he hit him on the head?' Alas, comrads, we know now. We have hit the dragon on the head and we have seen the dragon smile.
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man.
A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. It isn't like a mother's womb. It won't bleed. It won't stretch to make room for you.
He was no dragon, Dany thought, curiously calm. Fire cannot kill a dragon
I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.
To change, you must face the dragon of your appetites with another dragon: the life-energy of the soul.
In the beginning, I was planning to end 'Dragon Ball' when all seven Dragon Balls had been collected.
Hold up," Leo said. "You guys lost a dragon? A Real full size dragon?
You must have a dragon hidden inside you. When you need, you let the dragon out.
I am a big Dragon fan. I've said it before- And I was fortunate enough to be born a Dragon in the Chinese Horocope.
Did you see The Never-Ending Story? That's one kick-ass dragon. It's basically a giant puppy dragon.
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