The difference between a mongrel and a thoroughbred, whether brute or man, is not in swiftness, beauty, or endurance, but in courage. Austin O'Malley More Quotes by Austin O'Malley More Quotes From Austin O'Malley Art is one of man's few serious activities. Austin O'Malley serious men art Truth as philosophy is a gas; as art, it is visible steam. Austin O'Malley steam philosophy art The swing of art is circular, from form to formalism, from formalism to formlessness, from formlessness to form again. Austin O'Malley swings form art Death is an antidote for this life, and it makes another more stable form of life which is insoluble in everything. Austin O'Malley antidote this-life form When a great life sets it leaves an afterglow on the sky far into the night. Austin O'Malley afterglow sky night There is likely to be beauty wherever proportion exists. Austin O'Malley proportion Every wheatfield of human thought after a while becomes filled with cockle; then the husbandmen destroy the grain with the cockle and plant anew. Austin O'Malley filled plant grain When we pray for death we really desire a fuller life. Austin O'Malley praying desire The living have their eyes opened by closing the eyes of the dead. Austin O'Malley closing eye An Irishman can be worried by the consciousness that there is nothing to worry about. Austin O'Malley ireland-and-the-irish consciousness worry Those who cook up stories will get into hot water. Austin O'Malley stories hot water A woman, like a cross-eyed man, looks one way, but goes another--hence her mysteriousness. Austin O'Malley women looks way No man can have a reasonable opinion of women until he has long lost interest in hair-restorers. Austin O'Malley women hair long Worry is half impatience and half ignorance. Austin O'Malley ignorance half worry It is yesterday that makes tomorrow so sad. Austin O'Malley so-sad tomorrow yesterday Prose is a photography, poetry is a painting in oil-colors. Austin O'Malley oil color photography If the poet would avoid pepsis in his patients, his scalpel must be as clean as the surgeon's. Austin O'Malley clean poet patient A sin is nothing but a deordination of reason, but that is enough. Austin O'Malley sin enough reason Persecution is as necessary to religion as pruning to an orchard. Austin O'Malley orchard persecution pruning The reason we constantly discover new truth in Shakespeare is that his complete understanding of the particular includes the universal. Austin O'Malley particular understanding reason
