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
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth
The one who steps back will not progress
Nothing can kill the power of the lower self, but everything serves to enhance it.
Explanation is where the mind rests
Science knows no country because it is the light that illuminates the world
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall
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