250 Quotes by Austin O'Malley

Take a quart of nature, boil it down to a pint, and the residue is art.

Sorrow may be a good thing for a woman's heart, but it is a poor cosmetic for her face.

Well begun is not only half done, but often fully cooked.

The swing of art is circular, from form to formalism, from formalism to formlessness, from formlessness to form again.

The perfection of art is to conceal the sources.

A charitable man is like an apple tree-he gives his fruit and is silent; the philanthropist is like the successful hen.

Charity is the note that resolves the discord.

Charity is the only lubricant that keeps the axle of the world creaking.

Charity that is always beginning at home stays there.