Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends,
He hurts me most who lavishly commends.
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:
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
An open foe may prove a curse,
But a pretended friend is worse.
There are very few honest friends—the demand is not particularly great.
Friendship! mysterious cement of the soul,
Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society.