John Millington Synge

• “There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.” -John Millington Synge

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  –John Millington Synge

  Saint Patrick’s Day

• “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.” -John Millington Synge

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  –John Millington Synge

  poetry

• “The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.” -John Millington Synge

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  knowledge

• “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.” -John Millington Synge

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  –John Millington Synge

  beauty

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