I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it
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
Resist much, obey little
Whosoever is delighted in solitude, is either a wild beast or a god
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision
The good of the people is the chief law
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself
if you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. if they don't, they never were
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