I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes 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
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
You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension
I have never developed indigestion from eating my words
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them
A wrong concept misleads the understanding; a wrong deed degrades the whole man, and may eventually demolish the structure of the human ego
Good girls are found every corner of the earth. But unfortunately earth is round
One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane
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