Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.

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There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as...

There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as...

If Ireland is to become a new Ireland she must first become European.

If Ireland is to become a new Ireland she must first become European.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

Her companionship was like a warm soil about an exotic.

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or...

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or...

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought...

Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as...

He found in the world without as actual what was in his world within as...

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.

My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.

I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy...

I've put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy...

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools...

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools...

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

When I die Dublin will be written in my heart.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

My mouth is full of decayed teeth and my soul of decayed ambitions.

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in...

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in...

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is...

Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is...

A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

A corpse is meat gone bad. Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.