Wrestling Quotes by John Boyle O'Reilly

9 Wrestling quotes by John Boyle O'Reilly

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O'Reilly's concise verses treat wrestling as a stage for broader human struggles, offering a literary snapshot of his activist spirit.

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All that is worth seeing in good boxing can best be witnessed in a contest with soft gloves. Every value is called…

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The adoption of gloves for all contests will do more to preserve the practice of boxing than any other conceivable means. It…

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The brutalities of a fight with bare hands, the crushed nasal bones, maimed lips, and other disfigurements, which call for the utter…

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Putting prize-fighting altogether aside as one of the unavoidable evils attending on this manly exercise, the inestimable value of boxing as a…

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The Greeks were the first boxers. Pugilism appears to have been one of the earliest distinctions in play and exercise that appeared…

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Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives…

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Every boy in a free country ought to be instructed in boxing, wrestling, and the use of weapons. Every young man ought…

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With the advent of chivalry, the art of boxing waned. The evolution of feudal aristocracy, with other and widely different exercises, pastimes…

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A good boxer, in striking the round blow, instead of loosening body and arm, gathers himself into a heap of muscularity and…

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Who heeds not experience, trust him not.

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The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose…

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Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.

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Anonymity is the fame of the future.

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The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.

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“Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you; Be true to your word and your work and your friend; Put least trust in…

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Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse.

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A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day.

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Every boy in a free country ought to be instructed in boxing, wrestling, and the use of weapons. Every young man ought to be…

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With the advent of chivalry, the art of boxing waned. The evolution of feudal aristocracy, with other and widely different exercises, pastimes and weapons…

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Our life a harp is, with unnumbered strings, And tones and symphonies; but our poor skill Some shallow notes from its great music brings.

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For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of desire on the lips.

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“A White Rose The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O the red rose is a falcon, And…

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No writer for the press, however humble, is free from the burden of keeping his purpose high and his integrity white.

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