Herodotus is not more indisputably the father of history than is Sir Boyle Roche the father of Bulls. No doubt there were makers of bulls before his day, even as brave men lived before Agamemnon; but they are not remembered, and if their bulls have survived them they are credited to Sir Boyle by a posterity generously forgiving and forgetful of his famous indictment.
At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill. - Boyle Roche
At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill.
- Boyle Roche
Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue. - Boyle Roche
Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue.
Every pint bottle should contain a quart. - Boyle Roche
Every pint bottle should contain a quart.
All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand. - Boyle Roche
All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand.
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us? - Boyle Roche
Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?
We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech. - Boyle Roche
We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.
The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens. - Boyle Roche
The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens.
The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full. - Boyle Roche
The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full.
P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been miscarried; therefore I beg you to write and let me know. - Boyle Roche
P.S. If you do not receive this, of course it must have been miscarried; therefore I beg you to write and let me know.
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