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Dion Boucicault
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“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”
Dion Boucicault (1822–1890) first seen 1841 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: London Assurance (1841), act 2, sc. 1
“Oh Paddy dear, and did you hear The news that's going round? The shamrock is forbid by law To grow on Irish ground.”
Dion Boucicault (1822–1890) first seen 1864 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Boucicault's version of The Wearing of the Green , a traditional Irish ballad, as rendered in his play Arragh na Pogue, or the Wicklow Wedding (1864)
“When the law can stop the blades of grass From growing as they grow, And when the leaves in summer time Their verdure dare not show, Then I will change the colour I wear in my caubeen, But till that day I'll stick for aye To wearing of the green.”
Dion Boucicault (1822–1890) first seen 1864 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Wearing of the Green, in Arragh na Pogue, or the Wicklow Wedding (1864)