Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
life eye dark
Life is a charity ball given by the leaders of society. A few dance, get their charity's worth to the last penny; and the poor stand outside the gate and watch with hungry eyes the glint of jewels in the warm air. Then comes the lackey Death, and he says: "Madam and my Master, your carriage waits." So they go away into the dark in the carriage of the black plumes, and the dancing continues.
prayer dark night
Some men pray only when the world is dark, as owls hoot at night.
facts theory tires
Facts are carpet-tacks under the pneumatic tires of theory
best blood fool fools-and-foolishness mosquito
The best blood will sometimes get into a fool or a mosquito
gratitude rain rose
Sorrow, like rain makes roses and mud.
beauty quality essentials
An essential quality of beauty is aloofness.
book pay form
A book is like a money-changer: it pays you back in another form what you brint to it.
character solitude needs
You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude.
childhood age connections
Childhood has no necessary connection with age.
church tails scandal
That a mouse of scandal whisks its foolish tail across the church's floor is not sufficient cause for clamorous leaping out of its windows.
church inheritance conviction
There are ten church-members by inheritance for one by conviction.
cities savages dangerous
The most dangerous savages live in cities.
cities firsts bigs
Nations die first in the big cities.
art character infusion
The only original part in a work of art is the infusion of the artist's own character, if he has one.