The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
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
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it
In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks
Every anarchist is a baffled dictator
The mountains are calling and I must go
The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony
The good of the people is the chief law
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up
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