Those that think it permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.
Austin O'Malley Quotes
1858–1932
Austin O'Malley (October 1, 1858 – February 26, 1932) was an American ophthalmologist and a professor of English literature at the University of Notre Dame. He was the author of a book of aphorisms.
- Physicians
29 quotes
The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
An essential quality of beauty is aloofness.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
The most dangerous savages live in cities.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
Keystones of Thought (1914)
After thirty-five a man begins to have thoughts about women; before that age he has feelings.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
Keystones of Thought (1914)
If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
Before you beat a child, be sure you yourself are not the cause of the offense.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
The statesman shears the sheep, the politician skins them.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
A pint of whiskey can wash away all the blood of Calvary.
Keystones of Thought (1914)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Austin O'Malley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.