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
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood
The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget
Compared to the pleasure given by granting pardon, the pleasure given by exacting revenge is very faint indeed.
The sun of those who were before us (before Islam) have set. Our sun will remain forever in the highest places of the sky, and it will never set.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
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