Irish Men

Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or men:

    The next forenoon we went to Oldtown.... The Indian is said to cultivate the vices rather than the virtues of the white man. Yet this village was cleaner than I expected, far cleaner than such Irish villages as I have seen.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets; for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.
    Sir Henry Taylor (1800–1886)