Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Ivo Andric Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: Yugoslavia
  • Born: Oct 9, 1892
  • Died: Mar 13, 1975

Ivan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire.

If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear. fear

Sadness is also a kind of defence. sadness

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 more views from Dave Barry

27 more views from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill

74 wisdom & wit from Winston Churchill