The shifting hour flies with doubtful wings; nor does swift Fortune keep faith with anyone.
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:
Many a time,… from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
Times go by turns and chances change by course,
From foul to fair, from better hap to worse.
Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
Your friend is that man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
Friends need to tell each other the hard truth and friendships require mutual respect.