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famous Irish quotes from famous Irish peopleFamous Irish quotes from some of Ireland's most famous people, don't forget to check out the rest of our famous Irish quotes and sayings! The march of the human mind is slow. Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist. Padraig Pearse on Easter 1916 We are ready to die and shall die cheerfully and proudly, you must not grieve for all of this. We have preserved Ireland's honour and our own. Our deeds of last week are the most splendid in Ireland's history. People will say things of us now, but we shall be remembered by posterity and blesses by unborn generations. You cannot conquer Ireland. You cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom, then our children will win it by a better deed. Ireland unfree shall never be at peace. Robert Emmett When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not until then, let my epitaph be written. Michael Collins I want peace and quiet. I want it so much I'd die for it. Oliver Goldsmith Real vision is the ability to see the invisible. Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Lady Gregory There's more to learning than is taught in books. James Connolly The great are only great because we are on our knees. Mary Robinson I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system. Oscar Wilde True friends stab you in the front. I have nothing to declare except my genius
Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not. A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic. Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. Lack of money is the root of all evil. The power of accurate observation is called cynicism by those who have not got it. The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn. My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.
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