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John Boyle O'Reilly
11 quotes
“How shall I a habit break? As you did that habit make. As you gathered, you must lose; As you yielded, now refuse. Thread by thread the strands we twist Till they bind us, neck and wrist. Thread by thread the patient hand Must untwine, ere free we stand. As we builded, stone by stoene, We must toil, unhelped, alone, Till the wall is overthrown.”
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) said by 1890 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.”
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) first seen 1886 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Bohemia, st. 5 (1886).
“I'd rather live in Bohemia than in any other land.”
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) said by 1890 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The red rose whispers of passion, And the white rose breathes of love; O, the red rose is a falcon, And the white rose is a dove.But I send you a cream-white rosebud With a flush on its petal tips, For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of desire on the lips.”
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) first seen 1886 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A White Rose, in In Bohemia (1886), p. 24.
“You gave me the key of your heart, my love; Then why did you make me knock? Oh that was yesterday, saints above! And last night—I changed the lock!”
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) said by 1890 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For all time to come, the freedom and purity of the press are the test of national virtue and independence. No writer for the press, however humble, is free from the burden of keeping his purpose high and his integrity white.”
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) said by 1890 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Roche, James Jeffrey (1891). Life of John Boyle O'Reilly, together with his complete poems and speeches edited by Mrs John Boyle O'Reilly. New York. p 195.
“Though it lash the shallows that line the beach, Afar from the great sea-deeps, There is never a storm whose might can reach Where the vast leviathan sleeps. Like a mighty thought in a mighty mind In the clear cold depths he swims; Whilst above him the pettiest form of his kind With a dash o'er the surface skims.”
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) said by 1890 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They who see the Flying Dutchman never, never reach the shore.”
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) said by 1890 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.”
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) said by 1890 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world is large when weary leagues two loving hearts divide But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side.”
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) said by 1890 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be silent and safe—silence never betrays you.”
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844–1890) said by 1890 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source