James Stephens
James Stephens
James Stephenswas an Irish novelist and poet...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth2 February 1882
CountryIreland
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.
attainment barren finality happen hate hopelessly nor tragedy woeful
There is no tragedy more woeful than the victory of hate, nor any attainment so hopelessly barren as the sterility of that achievement; for hate is finality, and finality is the greatest evil which can happen in a world of movement.
cleaned safety
It was potentially a safety hazard. We are most appreciative of it being cleaned up,
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Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.
die men stronger wisdom women
Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.
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.
healthy knows man natural nature quickly reduce wash
Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him to a natural and healthy dirtiness again.
almost certainly endeavour explain intimate less minutes parallel quarter quite themselves
A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to each other before many minutes have elapsed; but a man and a man will not do this, and even less so will a woman and a woman, for these are parallel lines which will never meet.
By having much, you are fitted to have more.
love speaks
When a woman speaks to a man about the love she feels for another man, she is not liked.
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.
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.