Philpot Curran Quotes & Sayings

I have never yet heard of a murderer who was not afraid of a ghost. — John Philpot Curran

In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man. — John Philpot Curran

His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin. — John Philpot Curran

But as in wailing there's nought availing, And Death unfailing will strike the blow, Then for that reason, and for a season, Let us be merry before we go. — John Philpot Curran

When I can't talk sense, I talk metaphor. — John Philpot Curran

Evil prospers when good men do nothing. — John Philpot Curran

To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins. — John Philpot Curran

Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot. — John Philpot Curran

The first inventions of commerce are, like those of all other arts, cunning and short-sighted. — John Philpot Curran

My dear doctor, I am surprised to hear you say that I am coughing very badly, as I have been practising all night. — John Philpot Curran

It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. — John Philpot Curran

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance. — John Philpot Curran