Ireland/culture/sport

Famous quotes containing the words ireland, culture and/or sport:

“It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues.”
—V.S. (Victor Sawdon)

“The highest end of government is the culture of men.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“What sport shall we devise here in this garden
To drive away the heavy thought of care?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)