A man following his own beliefs and the teachings of his church doing battle with a foe in a country that he once was enslaved.
To say that Saint Patrick was brave is an understatement, for he faced certain death returning to Ireland as an escaped slave. To say that he was intelligent is mute as he matched wits with the leaders of the Druids and bested them. To say he was pure of heart is to be humble, for only a man of conviction and true belief could have survived and triumphed over the odds he faced.
To say that Patrick is worthy of Sainthood is to acknowledge all his achievements and recognize his true value to the world. This, to me, is better than the made-up stories of his deeds.
1. A man that can't laugh at himself should be given a mirror.
2. A man takes a drink; the drink takes a drink; the drink takes the man.
3. A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig.
4. Morning is the time to pity the sober. The way they're feeling then is the best they're going to feel all day.
5. You can lead the horse to the well, but you can't make him drink.
6. Better the coldness of a friend than the sweetness of an enemy.
7. Be nice to them on the way up. You might meet them all on the way down.
8. If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
9. Let your anger set the sun and not rise again with it.
Here's to absent friends and here's twice to absent enemies.
Here's to the light heart and the heavy hand.
Thirst is a shameless disease so here's to a shameful cure.
Here's to a wet night and a dry morning.
May we always have a clean shirt, a clean conscience, and a bob in the pocket.
May you be across Heaven's threshold before the old boy knows you're dead.