James Stephens
James Stephens
James Stephenswas an Irish novelist and poet...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth2 February 1882
CountryIreland
die men stronger wisdom women
Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.
domestic economy entire half men muddle political understood women
If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not be the futil muddle which it is.
birth case death far men mercantile mysteries occupy political whom women
The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more congenial.
men past beloved
Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.
men wind tree
A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.
men age fifteen
Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.
memories past men
Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory
love speaks
When a woman speaks to a man about the love she feels for another man, she is not liked.
both coming nor washed washing
We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure from the first washing nor any profit from the last.
good island price
Long Island did good this year. It's the price that got them in, it's a good deal.
desires humorist necessary otherwise people shall wise
If a person desires to be a humorist it is necessary that the people around him shall be at least as wise as he is, otherwise his humor will not be comprehended.
assistance business giving god proper
God did not need any assistance, but man did; bitterly he wanted it, and the giving of such assistance was the proper business of a woman.
To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.
aggressor call die evil fall fat might slumber wide
In that wide struggle which we call Progress, evil is always the aggressor and the vanquished, and it is right that this should be so, for without its onslaughts and depredations humanity might fall to a fat slumber upon its cornsacks and die snoring.