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d. 1890 Ireland

Dionysius Lardner Boursiquot (26 December 1820 or 1822) – 18 September 1890), commonly known as Dion Boucicault, was an Irish actor and playwright famed for his melodramas.

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Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.

London Assurance (1841)

Oh Paddy dear, and did you hear
The news that's going round?
The shamrock is forbid by law
To grow on Irish ground.

When the law can stop the blades of grass
From growing as they grow,
And when the leaves in summer time
Their verdure dare not show,
Then I will change the colour
I wear in my caubeen,
But till that day I'll stick for aye
To wearing of the green.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dion Boucicault (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.