WIST Quotations

O'Malley, Austin -- Keystones of Thought (1914)

Dave — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:23:22 +0000

Each man’s soul is a menagerie where Conscience, the animal-tamer, lives with a collection of wild beasts.

Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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O'Malley, Austin -- Keystones of Thought (1914)

Dave — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:35:15 +0000

Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food.

Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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O'Malley, Austin -- Keystones of Thought (1914)

Dave — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 16:21:34 +0000

A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.

Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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O'Malley, Austin -- Keystones of Thought (1914)

Dave — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:00:29 +0000

Those who believe it permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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O'Malley, Austin -- Keystones of Thought (1914)

Dave — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:16:12 +0000

If you keep your eyes so fixed on Heaven that you never look at the Earth, you will stumble into Hell.

Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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O'Malley, Austin -- Keystones of Thought (1914)

Dave — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 16:46:41 +0000

To laugh sturdily and often, and to wear a long belt, are not incongruous with sanctity. God’s image is in every man, high or low — a road puddle holds the moon as well as the sea.

Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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O'Malley, Austin -- Keystones of Thought (1914)

Dave — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:11:14 +0000

Possess your soul without fussing; your guardian angel does not lose half the sleep over you you think he does.

Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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O'Malley, Austin -- Keystones of Thought (1914)

Dave — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 20:40:31 +0000

There’s many a slip betwixt the observation and the conclusion.

Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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O'Malley, Austin -- Keystones of Thought (1914)

Dave — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 16:53:33 +0000

We smile at the women who are eagerly following the fashions in dress whilst we are as eagerly following the fashions in thought.

Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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O'Malley, Austin -- Keystones of Thought (1914)

Dave — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:28:58 +0000

The weaker the man in authority, layman or cleric, the stronger his insistence that all his privileges be acknowledged.

Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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O'Malley, Austin -- Thoughts of a Recluse (1898)

Dave — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:24:01 +0000

Saints and poets are hills touched with the dawn while the valley is in darkness.

Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Thoughts of a Recluse (1898)
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