Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go
Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.
The heart of man is made to reconcile the most glaring contradictions
In the course of my life I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.
Avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison
Man is the cruelest animal
This world is but canvas to our imaginations
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