Twenty Years A-Growing Quotes

“Twenty years a-growing, twenty years in bloom, twenty years a-stooping, and twenty years declining.”
― Maurice O'Sullivan, Twenty Years A-Growing

“Did you never hear how the life of a man is divided? Twenty years a-growing, twenty years in blossom, twenty years a-stooping, and twenty years declining.”
― Maurice O'Sullivan, Twenty Years A-Growing

“the proverb cannot be gainsaid: If you wish praise die, if you wish blame marry.” “Faith, daddo, I never heard that till now.”
― Maurice O'Sullivan, Twenty Years A-Growing

“It’s the way with the old, my lad, for I have one foot in the grave and the other on its edge.”
― Maurice O'Sullivan, Twenty Years A-Growing

“Musha”
― Maurice O'Sullivan, Twenty Years A-Growing

“May God and Mary bless you.”
― Maurice O'Sullivan, Twenty Years A-Growing

“Your soul to the Devil.”
― Maurice O'Sullivan, Twenty Years A-Growing