Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.

Quote by Samuel Beckett

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Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

If you do not love me I shall not be loved If I do not...

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of...

I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of...

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical...

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.

In the landscape of extinction, precision is next to godliness.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as...

I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to...

Habit is a great deadener.

Habit is a great deadener.

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I...

James Joyce was a synthesizer, trying to bring in as much as he could. I...

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist...

To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist...

I can't go on. I'll go on.

I can't go on. I'll go on.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night...

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night...

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know,...

Where I am, I don't know, I'll never know, in the silence you don't know,...

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the...

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the...

No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a...

No, I regret nothing, all I regret is having been born, dying is such a...