Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
mother liars lying
The perjurer's mother told white lies.
hell drunkards
There are more gluttons than drunkards in hell.
poet clock repeats
A small poet repeats himself like a clock.
devil not-afraid altars
The Devil is not afraid to sit on an altar.
shoes devil would-be
If the devil went about doing a tenth of what he is accused of doing he would be poor from paying the blacksmith for ox-shoes for his hooves.
sunset loss lost
If you learn from a loss you have not lost.
eye quiet-voice harvest
Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.
funny-friend two different-faces
Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.
necks break holes
A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.
sheep skins liberty
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep, it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
prayer shoes knees
Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
tides flow wealth
Wealth is a tide which flows into one place by ebbing from another.
liars riches saint
Those that say they despise riches are saints or liars.
truth fields
You cannot gather much truth by searching the fields; you must sink shafts.