Boyle Roche Quotes & Sayings

Every pint bottle should contain a quart. — Boyle Roche

A man could not be in two places at the same time unless he were a bird. — Boyle Roche

Ireland and England are like two sisters; I would have them embrace like one brother. — Boyle Roche

Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all national calamities is generally followed by one greater. — Boyle Roche

There is no Levitical decree between nations, and on this occasion I can see neither sin nor shame in marrying our own sister. — Boyle Roche

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech. — Boyle Roche

A quart bottle should hold a quart. — Boyle Roche

While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other. — Boyle Roche

The cup of Ireland's misery has been overflowing for centuries and is not yet half full. — Boyle Roche

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. — Boyle Roche

I answer in the affirmative with an emphatic 'No.' — Boyle Roche

The only thing to prevent what's past is to put a stop to it before it happens. — Boyle Roche

Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us? — Boyle Roche

All along the untrodden paths of the future, I can see the footprints of an unseen hand. — Boyle Roche

The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump. — Boyle Roche

Half the lies our opponents tell about us are untrue. — Boyle Roche

How can I be in two places at once, unless I were a bird? — 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. — Boyle Roche

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud. — Boyle Roche

At present there are such goings-on that everything is at a standstill. — Boyle Roche