Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
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.
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.