Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
understanding reason particular
The reason we constantly discover new truth in Shakespeare is that his complete understanding of the particular includes the universal.
feet over-you faces
Cunning is a short blanket--if you pull it over your face, you expose your feet.
cat ignorant enough
If you are ignorant enough, you can walk like a cat on the slippery roof-ridge of danger.
death silence may
And death, that sits in marble silence cold, Will furnish hope to those who may behold The meaning in the everlasting change Of all that dies, returning, wondrous strange.
devil not-afraid altars
The Devil is not afraid to sit on an altar.
life swim hard
You can swim in life and seawater, but both are hard to swallow.
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.
gun envy locks
Envy is a gun with a faulty breech-lock which flares back and burns the gunner.
fashion dresses following
We smile at the women who are eagerly following the fashions in dress whilst we are as eagerly following the fashions in thought.
white blooming crowds
If all fools wore white hoods, any crowd would look like a field of blooming buckwheat.
lying differences years
The difference between a human being ten years of age and one fifty years of age lies altogether in the matter of toys.
desire praying
When we pray for death we really desire a fuller life.
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.