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Quotes by Austin O'Malley

“Revenge proves its own executioner.”

“Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces”

“Friends made fast seldom remain fast”

“We should thank God that He did not give us the power of hearing through walls; otherwise there would be no such thing as friendship”

“Humility is pride in God”

“Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.”

“The reason there are so many imbeciles among imprisoned criminals is that an imbecile is so foolish even a detective can detect him”

“Surgery is by far the worst snob among the handicrafts”

“When walking through the valley of shadows, remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.”

“You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude”

Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food.

If you keep your eyes so fixed on heaven that you never look at the earth, you will stumble into hell.

A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.

The best blood will sometimes get into a fool or a mosquito.

The statesman shears the sheep the politician skins them.

Ordinarily when a man in difficulty turns to prayer he has already tried every other means of escape.

A hole is nothing at all but you can break your neck in it.

An Englishman thinks seated a Frenchman standing an American pacing an Irishman afterward.

Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.

Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.