Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
form this-life antidote
Death is an antidote for this life, and it makes another more stable form of life which is insoluble in everything.
desire praying
When we pray for death we really desire a fuller life.
funny
Better a bald head than none at all.
night sky afterglow
When a great life sets it leaves an afterglow on the sky far into the night.
worry ireland-and-the-irish consciousness
An Irishman can be worried by the consciousness that there is nothing to worry about.
men two evil
Where there is a choice of two evils, most men take both.
poet clock repeats
A small poet repeats himself like a clock.
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.