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.
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.
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.
love speaks
When a woman speaks to a man about the love she feels for another man, she is not liked.
cleaned safety
It was potentially a safety hazard. We are most appreciative of it being cleaned up,
holy people places priest work
To work is nothing; the king on his throne, the priest kneeling before the Holy Altar, all people in all places had to work, but no person at all need be a servant.
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.
given grows herself inwardly man needs receive spirit time wisdom works
Man works outwardly and inwardly - after rest, he has energy; after energy, he needs repose; so, when we have given instruction for a time, we need instruction and must receive it, or the spirit faints and wisdom herself grows bitter.