Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
plant grain cockles
Every wheatfield of human thought after a while becomes filled with cockle; then the husbandmen destroy the grain with the cockle and plant anew.
prayer shoes knees
Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
kings useless quiet
The modern king has become a vermiform appendix: useless when quiet; when obtrusive, in danger of removal.
sheep skins liberty
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep, it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
sex men feelings
After thirty-five a man begins to have thoughts about women; before that he has feelings.
winning men advice
Many a man wins glory for prudence by seeking advice, then seeking advice as to what advice would be best to take, and finally following appetite.
eye closing
The living have their eyes opened by closing the eyes of the dead.
government people boss
The American government is a rule of the people, by the people, for the bosses.
water hot stories
Those who cook up stories will get into hot water.
deserve-love needs deserve
Those who deserve love the least need it the most.
men neighbor clock
Some men are like a clock on the roof; they are useful only to the neighbors.
suffering able helping
Those who have suffered are best able to help those who are suffering.
lying ability loses
Those who listen to lies lose the ability to hear the truth.
wall giving thank-god
We should thank God that He did not give us the power of hearing through walls; otherwise there would be no such thing as friendship.