Irish poet and playwright
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.