The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- Harold Nicolson, (Nov 21 1886-1968), British diplomat, author; He wrote more than 125 books, including political essays, travel accounts, and mystery novels, e.g., his three-volume Diaries and Letters (1966-68).