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Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and...

Love between man and man is impossible because there must not be sexual intercourse and...

What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say...

What did that mean, to kiss? You put your face up like that to say...

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

Nations have their ego, just like individuals.

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.

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

Resignation is the timid sign of courage

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.

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...

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...

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

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.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

Well and what's cheese? Corpse of milk.

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

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

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...

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

Sometimes he caught himself listening to the sound of his own voice. He thought that...

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is...

You forget that the kingdom of heaven suffers violence: and the kingdom of heaven is...

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out...

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out...

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

A nation is the same people living in the same place.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.

Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.