People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing 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
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it
Not to have a thing is less humiliating than to beg it
That which joins minds together is telling the truth. Lying serves no purpose other than seperation.
Never think you're better than anyone else, but don't let anyone treat you like you're worse than they are
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new at all
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed
Compared to the pleasure given by granting pardon, the pleasure given by exacting revenge is very faint indeed.
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