Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
real life-changing age
The only real change in life comes with the consciousness of old age.
hypocrite mean ends
If you cultivate piety as an end and not a means, you will become a hypocrite.
piety
We are plated with piety, not alloyed with it.
prayer dark night
Some men pray only when the world is dark, as owls hoot at night.
vehement pairs reform
Most reformers, like a pair of trousers on a windy clothesline, go through a vast deal of vehement motion, but stay in the same place.
men arguing skepticism
You cannot knock a man down who will not stand up, nor argue with a skeptic.
house genius talent
Talent is a tenant in the house owned by genius.
truth world
The only thing in the world we really possess is our knowledge of the truth.
men age coats
The habits of a young man are, like his coat, removable; the habits of an old man are like the drapery of a statue.
wade brooks wit
Humor wades across a brook, wit jumps over it.
sex men feelings
After thirty-five a man begins to have thoughts about women; before that he has feelings.
men play church
Some men are like a church-organ -- you can play on them for a lifetime and always find new harmonies; others are like a music-box -- they have four or five thin jingles.
eye closing
The living have their eyes opened by closing the eyes of the dead.
worry ireland-and-the-irish consciousness
An Irishman can be worried by the consciousness that there is nothing to worry about.