I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried.
More Quotes from Douglas Hyde:
We must put pressure upon our politicians not to snuff out by their tacit discouragement merely because they do not happen to understand it.Douglas Hyde
Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.
Douglas Hyde
The Gaelic League is founded not upon hatred of England, but upon love of Ireland. Hatred is a negative passion it is powerful - a very powerful destroyer but it is useless for building up. Love, on the other hand, is like faith it can move mountains, and
Douglas Hyde
In order to de-Anglicize ourselves, we must at once arrest the decay of the language. We must teach ourselves not to be ashamed of ourselves.
Douglas Hyde
How many Irishmen are there who would purchase material prosperity at such a price It is exactly such a question as this and the answer to it that shows the difference between the English and Irish race. Nine Englishmen out of ten would jump to make the exchange, and I firmly believe that nine Irishmen out of ten would indignantly refuse it.
Douglas Hyde
It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.
Douglas Hyde
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Hope QuotesBased on Keywords: decently
I went to the Academy and studied with Stuck who was then a big man. But didn't interest me. I didn't know that before me there was Kandinsky and Klee who had also studied with Stuck. He had a good name at that time.
Josef Albers
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
Benjamin Disraeli
I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess.
Robert Morgan