Irish - Poet | February 9, 1882 - December 26, 1950
Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.
James Stephens
SleepListeningWayOperaExcellent
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
YourselfSayingThinkYouSaidEver
Men come of age at sixty, women at fifteen.
WomenAgeMenSixtyComeFifteen
You must be fit to give before you can be fit to receive.
YouGiveMustFitBeforeReceive
What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.
TodayHeartTomorrowUnderstandWill
A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.
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Women and birds are able to see without turning their heads, and that is indeed a necessary provision for they are both surrounded by enemies.
WomenBirdsEnemiesSeeWithout
A secret is a weapon and a friend.
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By having much, you are fitted to have more.
YouMoreMuchHavingFitted
To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.
PracticePreparationUnderstandWhich
Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.
WomenWisdomMenDieStrongerThan
We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure from the first washing nor any profit from the last.
WorldProfitFirstPleasureOut
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