Saint Patrick's Day Quotes
No Irish collection sits under this page. It comes from two others, luck and friendship, which is about as close as a mechanical match can get to a day of toasts. The luck page leans on Seneca, Livy and Shakespeare, and on Horace’s complaint about Fortune, so expect fortune in the Roman sense rather than the four-leaf kind.
Two of its entries, from Torquato Tasso, are flagged misattributed. If you want an Irish writer, use the search box. Wilde and Shaw are both on the site.
Most quoted on saint patrick's day:
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
O Fortune, cruellest of heavenly powers,
Why make such game of this poor life of ours?
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake.
Never explain — your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyhow.
A friend who offers help without asking for explanations is a treasure beyond price.
Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them.