Quotewise
  • Save Quotes
  • Discover
    • Tags
    • Emotions
    • Short Quotes
    • Originators

    • Recently Added
    • Recently Quoted
    • Collections

    • Browse All
  • Originators
  • Add Quote
  • Plans
  • Contact Us
Add Search Sign In Sign Up

John Millington Synge Quotes

Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore (1871-1909)

John Millington Synge (April 16, 1871 – March 24, 1909) was an Irish dramatist, poet, prose writer, and collector of folklore. He was a key figure in the Irish Literary Revival and was one of the cofounders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for the play The Playboy of the Western World, which caused riots in Dublin during its opening run at the Abbey.

From: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Alternative Names: J. M. Synge • Edmund John Millington Synge • John M. Synge

From Wikidata (CC0)

Similar: Robert Graves 50.7% George R. R. Martin 48.9% William Shakespeare 48.5% W. H. Auden 48.4% James Joyce 48.3% Ben Jonson 48.3% Walter Scott 48.3% John Steinbeck 48.0% Rudyard Kipling 47.9% Robert Louis Stevenson 47.7%
Showing quotes in randomized order to avoid selection bias. Click Popular for most popular quotes.
A translation is no translation, he said, unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it.

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from
Find Similar
  • « Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • Next »
Notice
Quotewise
  • 613K quotes from
  • 32K originators across
  • 20K sources
  • with semantic search and source transparency.
  • About
  • Contact Us
Platform
  • Plans
  • MCP Setup
  • MCP Tools Reference
  • For Developers
  • API Reference
Discover
  • Tags
  • Emotions
  • Short Quotes
  • Originators
  • Collections

© 2026 Quotosaurus LLC. All rights reserved.

Terms Privacy
Search Recent Collect Profile