In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest—usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation—and in a family of peasants, where the average comfort is just over penury, the gifted son sinks also, and is soon a tramp on the roadside.


The Vagrants of Wicklow, written 1901-1902, first published in The Shanachie (Dublin, autumn 1906).

John Millington Synge Quotes

In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest—usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation—and in a family...

In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest—usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation—and in a family...

In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest—usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation—and in a family...

In the middle classes the gifted son of a family is always the poorest—usually a writer or artist with no sense for speculation—and in a family...