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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

We live thick and are in each other's way, and stumble over one another, and I think we thus lose some respect for one another.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names, but are as alike in their principals and aims as two peas in the same pod.

You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.

When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.

Doing things for others always pays dividends...

It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.

Ah just act the way ah feel.