A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without an outside. James Stephens birdgoldinside Change image and share on social
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. James Stephens consistoriginality Change image and share on social
There is no tragedy more woeful than the victory of hate, nor any attainment so hopelessly barren as the sterility of that achievement; for hate is finality, and finality is the greatest evil which can happen in a world of movement. James Stephens achievementattainmentbarren share on social
If men understood domestic economy half as well as women do, then their political economy and their entire consequent statecraft would not be the futil muddle which it is. James Stephens consequentdomesticeconomy Change image and share on social
The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more congenial. James Stephens birthcasecongenial Change image and share on social
Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him to a natural and healthy dirtiness again. James Stephens dirtinessfoolhealthy Change image and share on social
To work is nothing; the king on his throne, the priest kneeling before the Holy Altar, all people in all places had to work, but no person at all need be a servant. James Stephens altarholyking Change image and share on social
The trouble of the king becomes the trouble of the subject, for how shall we live if judgement is withheld, or if faulty decisions are promulgated? James Stephens decisionfaultyjudgement Change image and share on social
We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure from the first washing nor any profit from the last. James Stephens comepleasureprofit Change image and share on social
