Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn
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.
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
I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done
Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop
I was taught that the way of progress is neither swift nor easy
Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit
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