WIST Quotations

Ackroyd, Peter -- The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)

Dave — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:50:21 +0000

What captivity has been to the Jews, exile has been to the Irish. For us, the romance of our native land begins only after we have left home; it is really only with other people that we become Irishmen.

Peter Ackroyd (b. 1949) English biographer, novelist, critic
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)

Smith, Sydney -- The Letters of Peter Plymley, Letter 2 (1807)

Dave — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:54:19 +0000

The moment the very name of Ireland is mentioned, the English seem to bid adieu to common feeling, common prudence, and common sense, and to act with the barbarity of tyrants, and the fatuity of idiots.

Sydney Smith (1771-1845) English clergyman, essayist, wit
The Letters of Peter Plymley, Letter 2 (1807)
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