John Millington Synge quotes — Quoted

“Quotes”

John Millington Synge

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.

Saint patricks day

John Millington Synge

It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms.

Poetry

John Millington Synge

The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.

Knowledge

John Millington Synge

Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life.

Beauty