History Quote by Patrick Pearse

“But it was always thus with Irishmen. Never, since the start of the world, has one of them taken a woman's sensible advice when…

— Eddie Lenihan

“The fool who knows his folly Becomes wise by that fact. But the fool who thinks he's wise - He's called 'a fool' indeed!”

— Anonymous

“A real Irishman will give everything of himself--except that kernel of his soul which makes him a mystery to other peoples.”

— Jim Tully Beggars Abroad

“Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.”

— Thomas Fuller

“I seriously believe that you will retard the course of civilisation in Ireland by preventing the Irish people from having one good look at…

— James Joyce

“Irish heroes, for one reason or another, have come off, it must be owned, but poorly before the bar of history.”

— Emily Lawless

“The fool doth think he is wise, yet it is the wise man that knows himself to be the fool As You Like It,…

— Stephen Fry

“The Irish were poor, but not enslaved. He had come here to hack away at the ropes that held American slavery in place. Sometimes…

— Colum McCann

“Is a fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?”

— Milan Kundera

“The wise man sees the fool & laughs, yet the fool never knows why”

— Jovie Sumner

“A man with an Irish accent could sound wise and poetic and interesting even when he wasn’t.”

— Kate Atkinson

“A wise man is the one who is able to see the foolishness in his thought.”

— Kwesi Ackah