Shakespeare said pretty well everything and what he left out, James Joyce, with a judge from meself, put in.

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I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the...

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the...

I saw a notice that said Drink Canada Dry and I've just started.

I saw a notice that said Drink Canada Dry and I've just started.

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

It is a good deed to forget a poor joke.

If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.

If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.

I am a daylight atheist.

I am a daylight atheist.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

I wish I'd been a mixed infant.

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely...

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely...

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack...

It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack...

When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced...

When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced...

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it...

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it...

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn't make it worse.

I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.

I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost...

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost...

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

I saw a notice which said, 'Drink Canada Dry' and I've just started.

I saw a notice which said, 'Drink Canada Dry' and I've just started.

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society, except that which makes the...

I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society, except that which makes the...

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies,...

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies,...

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a...

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a...