Irish - Poet | February 9, 1882 - December 26, 1950
Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.
James Stephens
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Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise.
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We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.
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A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.
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Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.
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If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not be the futil muddle which it is.
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Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.
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A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without an outside.
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Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it.
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There is no tragedy more woeful than the victory of hate, nor any attainment so hopelessly barren as the sterility of that achievement; for hate is finality, and finality is the greatest evil which can happen in a world of movement.
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To ask questions can become the laziest and wobbliest occupation of a mind, but when you must yourself answer the problem that you have posed, you will meditate your question with care and frame it with precision.
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Under all wrongdoing lies personal vanity or the feeling that we are endowed and privileged beyond our fellows.
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