--- title: "3 A.B. Paterson Quotes" description: "Andrew Barton \"Banjo\" Paterson was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author, widely considered one of the greatest writers of Australia's colonial..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/a-b-paterson-88547_australia_he-was-hard-and-tough-and-wiry-just-the_203855.jpg" --- # A.B. Paterson **3** quotes in **10** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author, widely considered one of the greatest writers of Australia's colonial period. ## Quotes by A.B. Paterson > [“He was hard and tough and wiry - just the sort that won't say die - There was courage in his quick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-b-paterson/he-was-hard-and-tough-and-wiry-just-the-sort-that-won-t-say-die-there/) A.B. Paterson [Australia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/a-b-paterson-88547_australia_he-was-hard-and-tough-and-wiry-just-the_203855.jpg) > [“And the bush hath friends to meet him, and their kindly voices greet him In the murmur of the breezes and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-b-paterson/and-the-bush-hath-friends-to-meet-him-and-their-kindly-voices-greet/) A.B. Paterson [Australia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6b/a-b-paterson-88547_australia_and-the-bush-hath-friends-to-meet-him-an_490683.jpg) > [“Had mustered at the homestead overnight,    For the bushmen love hard riding where the wild bush horses are,     And the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-b-paterson/had-mustered-at-the-homestead-overnight-for-the-bushmen-love-hard/) A.B. Paterson [Bushmen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bushmen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b3/a-b-paterson-88547_bushmen_had-mustered-at-the-homestead-overnight_3175299.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-b-paterson/#itemlist", "name": "A.B. Paterson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He was hard and tough and wiry - just the sort that won't say die - There was courage in his quick impatient tread; And he bore the badge of gameness in his bright and fiery eye, And the proud and lofty carriage of his head.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "A.B. 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