All John Boyle O'Reilly Quotes
- Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you. Betray
- Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse. Barren
- Who heeds not experience, trust him not. Experience
- Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end. Draw
- And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right is not a… Human
- A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day. Day
- The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave. Inspirational
- I'd rather live in Bohemia than in any other land. Any
- For all time to come, the freedom and purity of the press are the test of national virtue and independence. No writer for the press,… All
- They who see the Flying Dutchman never, never reach the shore. Dutchman
- The right word fitly spoken is a precious rarity. Fitly
- How shall I a habit break? As you did that habit make, As you gathered, you must lose; As you yielded, now refuse, Thread by… Bind
- Woman suffrage is an unjust, unreasonable, unspiritual abnormality. It is a hard, undigested, tasteless, devitalized proposition. It is a half-fledged, unmusical, Promethean abomination. It is… Abnormality
- It is heroic to prepare for war with a tyrant power. Patriots will always win the admiration of mankind for daring to meet the bloodshed… Admiration
- The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ. Cautious
- Well blest is he who has a dear one dead; A friend he has whose face will never change- A dear communion that will not… Anchor
- ... every man on the planet Has just as much right as yourself to the road. Every Man
- Anonymity is the fame of the future. Anonymity
- Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid. Gifts
- When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near. Honor
- Our life a harp is, with unnumbered strings, And tones and symphonies; but our poor skill Some shallow notes from its great music brings. Brings
- The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide; But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other… Divide
- For peace do not hope; to be just you must break it. Still work for the minute and not for the year. Break
- Doubt is brother-devil to Despair. Brother
- A good boxer, in striking the round blow, instead of loosening body and arm, gathers himself into a heap of muscularity and begins his blow… All