'Tis Ireland gives England her soldiers, her generals too. |
A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are. |
A kiss is but a kiss now! and no wave of a great flood that whirls me to the sea. But, as you will! we'll sit contentedly, and eat our pot of honey on the grave. |
A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power |
A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power |
Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul When hot for certainties in this our life |
Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose |
And if I drink oblivion of a day, / So shorten I the stature of my soul. |
Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank, / The army of unalterable law. |
Bring the army of the faithful through. |
Caricature is rough truth. |
Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harder blows, make acute and balanced observers |
Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harder blows, make acute and balanced observers |
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism |
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism |