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
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted
No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness
The worst sin is that which the sinner takes lightly
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between
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