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
Penicillin sat on a shelf for ten years while I was called a quack
The heart was made to be broken
Those who make fun of you, those who try to get rid of you, they are the people whose applause you most often seek to obtain.
The truth springs from arguments amongst friends
God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed
Hope is a waking dream
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