Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
gun envy locks
Envy is a gun with a faulty breech-lock which flares back and burns the gunner.
fashion dresses following
We smile at the women who are eagerly following the fashions in dress whilst we are as eagerly following the fashions in thought.
law young made
Laws are made by the old, exceptions by the young.
marriage important-events three
The three most important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage and death.
marriage soup meals
Marriage is commonly a meal wherein the soup is better than the desert.
patience dams break
The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.
patience serenity analogue
Patience is the analogue of God's serenity.
patience feet
Patience has tender feet.
eye quiet-voice harvest
Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.
necks break holes
A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.
prayer mean men
Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer, he has already tried every other means of escape.
civilization world legs
Civilization is the world with its leg asleep.
wine despair vinegar
Despair is vinegar from the wine of hope.
editors public-opinion politician
Public opinion is the pennant on a nation's mast which shows the politician and the editor how to trim the sails.