Douglas Hyde Quotes

"I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried."
- Douglas Hyde
(Related: Language)

"Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it."
- Douglas Hyde
(Related: Lonely)

"As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power."
- Douglas Hyde
(Related: Power, Culture, Influence, Language, Legends)

"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
(Related: Irish, Language, Shame)