39 Quotations by Washington Irving
- 21. Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their ...
- 22. The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be suppla ...
- 23. The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
- 24. The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; a ...
- 25. The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we ...
- 26. The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
- 27. There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in t ...
- 28. There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with other ...
- 29. There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more elo ...
- 30. There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and ...
- 31. There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad dayl ...
- 32. There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of ...
- 33. There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
- 34. They who drink beer will think beer.
- 35. Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shr ...
- 36. Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think ...
- 37. Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No -- no, your lean ...
- 38. Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no busi ...
- 39. Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all!
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