Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
love
Love dwindles by pairing.
mystery
Most mysteries are soluble in time.
men age coats
The habits of a young man are, like his coat, removable; the habits of an old man are like the drapery of a statue.
real life-changing age
The only real change in life comes with the consciousness of old age.
patience moral elasticity
Patience is moral elasticity.
perfection strive sanctity
Call it the Absolute, the Ideal, Perfection, Sanctity, Decency, or what you will, but strive toward it or you will smother in the morass.
hypocrite mean ends
If you cultivate piety as an end and not a means, you will become a hypocrite.
piety
We are plated with piety, not alloyed with it.
love hands return
Love is a boomerang that returns to the thrower's hand.
loneliness quality life-is
The most evident quality of human life is its loneliness.
life
You can buy life only with life.
life lakes water
Life is a bubble in a lake, that glitters for an instant, bursts, and leaves not even a blur on the water; it is the leap of a minnow, which sends a tiny ripple trembling for a few inches.
life men snakes
A man's life is like a well, not like a snake--it should be measured by its depth, not by its length.
life eye dark
Life is a charity ball given by the leaders of society. A few dance, get their charity's worth to the last penny; and the poor stand outside the gate and watch with hungry eyes the glint of jewels in the warm air. Then comes the lackey Death, and he says: "Madam and my Master, your carriage waits." So they go away into the dark in the carriage of the black plumes, and the dancing continues.