The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place
Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
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
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it
Learning never exhausts the mind
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars
Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know
Hell is empty and all the devils are here
The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal
Politicians are not born; they are excreted
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