Birth Quote by Lady Gregory

Once in my childhood I had been eager to learn Irish; I thought to get leave to take lessons from an old Scripture-reader who…

— Lady Gregory

I don't know in the world why anyone would consent to be a king, and never to be left to himself, but to be…

— Lady Gregory

It was on the first day of Beltaine, that is called now May Day, the Tuatha de Danaan came, and it was to the…

— Lady Gregory

Napoleon the Third was not much. He died in England, and was buried in a country church-yard much the same as Kiltartan. But Napoleon…

— Lady Gregory

It was at Inver Slane, to the north of Leinster, the sons of Gaedhal of the Shining Armour, the Very Gentle, that were called…

— Lady Gregory

It is the old battle, between those who use a toothbrush and those who don't.

— Lady Gregory

The time the moon is going back, the blood that is in a person does be weakening, but when the moon is strong, the…

— Lady Gregory

What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.

— Lady Gregory

She is a girl would not be afraid to walk the whole world with herself.

— Lady Gregory

What the Danes left in Ireland were hens and weasels. And when the cock crows in the morning, the country people will always say…

— Lady Gregory

Every trick is an old one, but with a change of players, a change of dress, it comes out as new as before.

— Lady Gregory

When death comes, it is not enough to have been charitable; and it is not right to touch the body or lay it out…

— Lady Gregory