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

Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food.

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Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.

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Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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Those who believe it permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.

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Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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If you keep your eyes so fixed on Heaven that you never look at the Earth, you will stumble into Hell.

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

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Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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Possess your soul without fussing; your guardian angel does not lose half the sleep over you you think he does.

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Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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There’s many a slip betwixt the observation and the conclusion.

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Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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We smile at the women who are eagerly following the fashions in dress whilst we are as eagerly following the fashions in thought.

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Austin O'Malley (1858-1932) American ophthalmologist, professor of literature, aphorist
Keystones of Thought (1914)
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Saints and poets are hills touched with the dawn while the valley is in darkness.

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