39 Quotations by Washington Irving
- 1. A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husband ...
- 2. A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
- 3. A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener wi ...
- 4. A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.
- 5. A woman's life is a history of the affections.
- 6. A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambitio ...
- 7. Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
- 8. An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil ...
- 9. But what courage can withstand the ever-enduring and all-besetting terrors of a woman's tongue?
- 10. Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charit ...
- 11. Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of char ...
- 12. Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but ...
- 13. Happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven.
- 14. I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.
- 15. In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinio ...
- 16. It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind ...
- 17. Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
- 18. Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
- 19. On mounting a rising ground, which brought the figure of his fellow-traveller in relief against the ...
- 20. Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away a ...
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