Write your Sad times in Sand, Write your Good times in Stone
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
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
India is not a nation, nor a country. It is a subcontinent of nationalities
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differs from the dead
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves
No crime is so great as daring to excel
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