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Famous John Boyle O'Reilly Quotes
“Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.”
“When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.”
“Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.”
“Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.”
“Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you.”
“Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse.”
“Who heeds not experience, trust him not.”
“Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.”
“A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day.”
“The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.”
“I'd rather live in Bohemia than in any other land.”
“For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of desire on the lips.”
“They who see the Flying Dutchman never, never reach the shore.”
“Each heart holds the secret: 'Kindness' is the word.”
“The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.”
“... every man on the planet Has just as much right as yourself to the road.”