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Lady Gregory Quotes

Lady Gregory quotes

Irish Playwright March 15, 1852 – May 22, 1932

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And my desire,' he said, 'is a desire that is as long as a year; but it is love given to an echo, the spending of grief on a wave, a lonely fight with a shadow, that is what my love and my desire have been to me. Lady Gregory
What is whiter than snow?' he said. 'The truth,' said Grania. 'What is the best colour?' said Finn. 'The colour of childhood,' said she. 'What is hotter than fire?' 'The face of a hospitable man when he sees a stranger coming in, and the house empty.' 'What has a taste more bitter than poison?' 'The reproach of an enemy.' 'What is best for a champion?' 'His doings to be high, and his pride to be low.' 'What is the best of jewels?' 'A knife.' 'What is sharper than a sword?' 'The... Lady Gregory
Lady Gregory quote: "She is a girl and would not be afraid to walk the whole world..."
She is a girl and would not be afraid to walk the whole world with herself. Lady Gregory
And while they were in the same place, there came a great mist about them and a darkness, so that they could not know what way they were going, and they heard the noise of a rider coming towards them. 'It would be a great grief to us,' said Conn, 'to be brought away into a strange country. Lady Gregory
He sat beside me pleasantly and played his sweet music to me, and in the end he foretold things that put drunkenness on my wits. Lady Gregory
Lady Gregory quote: "Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is..."
Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth. Lady Gregory
Lady Gregory quote: "It is the old battle, between those who use a toothbrush and..."
It is the old battle, between those who use a toothbrush and those who don't. Lady Gregory

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