Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn
Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing
Let us endeavor so to live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry
I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better
What is fatted to happen will happen
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts
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