John Boyle O'Reilly Quotes

The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.

No writer for the press, however humble, is free from the burden of keeping his purpose high and his integrity white.

The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.

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.

For the love that is purest and sweetest
Has a kiss of desire on the lips.

And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right is not a part but the whole?

For peace do not hope; to be just you must break it. Still work for the minute and not for the year.

Every man on the planet Has just as much right as yourself to the road.

Be true to your word and your work and your friend.

Our life a harp is, with unnumbered strings, And tones and symphonies; but our poor skill Some shallow notes from its great music brings.

They who see the Flying Dutchman never, never reach the shore.

Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend
Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.

With the advance of feudalism came the growth of iron armor, until, at last, a fighting-man resembled an armadillo.

When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.

Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse.

A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day.

Each heart holds the secret:
'Kindness' is the word.

The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide; But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side.

Who heeds not experience, trust him not.

Anonymity is the fame of the future.

Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.

The right word fitly spoken is a precious rarity.

I'd rather live in Bohemia than in any other land.

Loyalty is the greatest quality of the human heart.

Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.

Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.