Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
men ideas fire
The collision of a great man with a great idea strikes fire in dry flax.
fire gains youth
We must be laid like a brand in the fire ... if we would gain immortal youth.
men insanity insane
A sane man often reasons from sound premises; an insane man commonly reasons as well, but the premises are unsound.
justice temples facade
Justice and the facade of a temple are seen best from the outside.
law ships rudders
Law is the rudder of the ship of state.
soul gold settling
Gold is so heavy it settles down upon the lowest souls.
friends made
Friends made fast seldom remain fast.
white blooming crowds
If all fools wore white hoods, any crowd would look like a field of blooming buckwheat.
feet over-you faces
Cunning is a short blanket--if you pull it over your face, you expose your feet.
cat ignorant enough
If you are ignorant enough, you can walk like a cat on the slippery roof-ridge of danger.
death silence may
And death, that sits in marble silence cold, Will furnish hope to those who may behold The meaning in the everlasting change Of all that dies, returning, wondrous strange.
devil not-afraid altars
The Devil is not afraid to sit on an altar.
devil saint scratches
If you scratch some saints you will find the devil.
shoes devil would-be
If the devil went about doing a tenth of what he is accused of doing he would be poor from paying the blacksmith for ox-shoes for his hooves.