The title of a bill in the Irish House of Commons. Often misquoted as "a pint bottle should hold a quart."
• Falkiner, C. Litton (1902), Studies in Irish History and Biography, mainly of the Eighteenth Century chapter: Sir Boyle Roche, pages: p.230, place: New York, publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
• Falkiner, C. Litton (1902), Studies in Irish History and Biography, mainly of the Eighteenth Century chapter: Sir Boyle Roche, pages: p.230, place: New York, publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
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A quart bottle should hold a quart.
— Boyle Roche
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• Falkiner, C. Litton (1902), Studies in Irish History and Biography, mainly of the Eighteenth Century chapter: Sir Boyle Roche, pages: p.230, place: New York, publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Boyle Roche
Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet (October 1736 – 5 June 1807) was an Irish politician, famed for his highly ornamented and often inaccurate speech, which often included amusing mixed metaphors and malapropisms.
About Boyle Roche
Sir Boyle Roche, 1st Baronet (October 1736 – 5 June 1807) was an Irish politician, famed for his highly ornamented and often inaccurate speech, which often included amusing mixed metaphors and malapropisms.
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