The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension.

All great art is born of the metropolis.

The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.

There is no topicmore soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation.

If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.

Better mendacities Than the classics in paraphrase! Some quick to arm, some for adventure, some from fear of weakness, some from fear of censure, some for love of slaughter, in imagination, learning later . . . some in fear, learning love of slaughter; Died some, pro patria, non "dulce" non "et decor" . walked eye-deep in hell believing in old men's lies, the unbelieving came home, home to a lie.

The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.