Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
mother liars lying
The perjurer's mother told white lies.
book doors circus
A book reviewer is usually a barker before the door of a publisher's circus.
eye perfect criticism
The perfect critic is one ... that sees with the eyes of posterity.
photography color oil
Prose is a photography, poetry is a painting in oil-colors.
justice hatred may
Partial justice may exist with hatred; full justice requires charity.
habit easier thistles
It is easier to prevent thistles and habits than to uproot them.
son doors heaven
The Son of the Carpenter made the door of heaven so low that you must either take off your plumes or stoop humbly to enter it.
plant grain cockles
Every wheatfield of human thought after a while becomes filled with cockle; then the husbandmen destroy the grain with the cockle and plant anew.
hell drunkards
There are more gluttons than drunkards in hell.
age passionate mouths
The ideal historian goes to the mouth of the tomb, cries: "Lazarus, come forth!" and sets him that was dead for ages, blinking and passionate, in the sun.
poet clock repeats
A small poet repeats himself like a clock.
charity true-patriotism wide
True patriotism is a charity so wide that it covers a nation.
men two evil
Where there is a choice of two evils, most men take both.
truth cutting fingers
If you handle truth carelessly, it will cut your fingers.