People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing 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
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
God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed
The scientific observer of Nature is a kind of mystic seeker in the act of prayer
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever
No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target
The one who steps back will not progress
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice
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