George A. Moore
George A. Moore
George Augustus Moorewas an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family who lived at Moore Hall in Carra, County Mayo. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 February 1852
CountryIreland
cities noble topics
Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern.
summer rose long
'Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.
brother husband father
I'll tell thee what it says; it calls me villain, a treacherous husband, a cruel father, a false brother; one lost to nature and her charities; or to say all in one short word, it calls me - Gamester.
doors window
Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.
done action performing
I am free in performing an action if I could have done otherwise if I had chosen to.
distance men wish
Now, in my opinion, a woman has no business with Power-Power admits no equal, and dismisses friendship for flattery. Besides, it keeps the men at a distance, and that is not always what we wish.
beauty wings and-love
Beauty has wings, and too hastily flies, and love, unrewarded, soon sickens and dies.
love romantic valentines-day
But I have seen thee And thou art enough.
power shoes rounds
But from the hoop's bewitching round, Her very shoe has power to wound.
law moral action
All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.
love valentines-day sweet
The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.