Such sullen planets at my birth did shine,
They threaten every fortune mixt with mine.
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:
Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.
The ideal of friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.
Dread more the blunderer’s friendship than the calumniator’s enmity.
Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds.
Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.
Mine haven's found; Fortune and Hope, adieu.
Mock others now, for I have done with you.
So live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts