6 Quotes & Sayings By John Millington Synge

John Millington Synge was an Irish playwright, poet, and short story writer. He was best known for "Riders to the Sea" (1909), the first long play in English written by an Irishman, which was made into a film in 1960 by John Ford.

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A translation is no translation, ’ he said, ‘unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it. John Millington Synge
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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. John Millington Synge
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The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind. John Millington Synge
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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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Of the things which nourish the imagination, humour is one of the most needful, and it is dangerous to limit or destroy it. John Millington Synge