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John Millington Synge was an Irish playwright known for his profound portrayal of rural Irish life. His works are often set in the Irish Gaelic-speaking background, depicting the lives and beliefs of the local people. His most famous works include 'The Playboy of the Western World' and 'Riders to the Sea'.

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Famous John Millington Synge Quotes

“Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notion of what it means to speak and think in many different idioms.”

Thinking Men Mean Different Speak Language Fairs Notion Favourite Topics Foreign Language Idiom

Book:The Aran Islands

Source: The Aran Islands

“A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, for he will be going out on a day when he shouldn't.”

Men Sea Aviation Not Afraid Going Out

Book:John Synge comes next

Source: John Synge comes next

“As a man has no right to kill one of his children if it is diseased or insane, so a man who has made the gradual and conscious expression of his personality in literature the aim of his life, has no right to suppress himself any carefully considered work which seemed good enough when it was written. Suppression, if it is deserved, will come rapidly enough from the same causes that suppress the unworthy members of a man's family.”

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“No man at all can be living forever and we must be satisfied.”

Men Death Forever Satisfied

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“It gave me a moment of exquisite satisfaction to find myself moving away from civilisation in this rude canvas canoe of a model that has served primitive races since men first went to sea.”

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Book:The Aran Islands

Source: The Aran Islands

“At first I threw my weight upon my heels, as one does naturally in a boot, and was a good deal bruised, but after a few hours I learned the natural walk of man, and could follow my guide in any portion of the island.”

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Book:The Aran Islands

Source: The Aran Islands

About the Author

Born: April 16, 1871
Died: March 24, 1909
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 28

Books & Sources

The Complete Works of J. M. SyngeRelated source material

Playboy of the Western World and Other PlaysRelated source material

The Aran IslandsRelated source material

Synge: Complete Plays: In the Shadow of the Glen; Riders to the Sea; The Tinker's Wedding; The Well of the Saints; The Playboy of the Western World; Deirdre of the SorrowsRelated source material

John Synge comes nextRelated source material

The Aran Islands and ConnemaraRelated source material

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