Irish poet and playwright
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Writing bores me so.
Why was I born with such contemporaries?
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.