John Boyle O'Reilly Art Quotations

With the advent of chivalry, the art of boxing waned. The evolution of feudal aristocracy, with other and widely different exercises, pastimes and weapons from those of the common people, made boxing unfashionable.

Loyalty is the greatest quality of the human heart.

Each heart holds the secret: 'Kindness' is the word.

The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide; But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side.

The adoption of gloves for all contests will do more to preserve the practice of boxing than any other conceivable means. It will give pugilism new life, not only as a professional boxer's art, but as a general exercise.