Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
sin enough reason
A sin is nothing but a deordination of reason, but that is enough.
patient poet clean
If the poet would avoid pepsis in his patients, his scalpel must be as clean as the surgeon's.
photography color oil
Prose is a photography, poetry is a painting in oil-colors.
men differences endurance
The difference between a mongrel and a thoroughbred, whether brute or man, is not in swiftness, beauty, or endurance, but in courage.
passion sea tragedy
A great tragedy passes from crest to hollow of passion, rises and sinks again, as rhythmically as sea-waves.
jail evil desire
Shame is the turnkey that keeps our evil desires in jail.
women soul secret
They often say woman cannot keep a secret, but every woman in the world, like every man, has a hundred secrets in her own soul which she hides from even herself. The more respectable she is, the more certain it is the secrets exist.
liberty half
Half-liberty comes with wisdom, full liberty with death.
love
Love dwindles by pairing.
mystery
Most mysteries are soluble in time.
men age coats
The habits of a young man are, like his coat, removable; the habits of an old man are like the drapery of a statue.
real life-changing age
The only real change in life comes with the consciousness of old age.
patience moral elasticity
Patience is moral elasticity.
perfection strive sanctity
Call it the Absolute, the Ideal, Perfection, Sanctity, Decency, or what you will, but strive toward it or you will smother in the morass.