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More Quotes by Washington Irving
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
Believe me, the man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow, eats oftener a sweeter morsel, however coarse, than he who procures it by the labor of his brains.
Men are always doomed to be duped, not so much by the arts of the other as by their own imagination. They are always wooing goddesses, and marrying mere mortals.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Enthusiasts soon understand each other.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.
He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.
The love of a mother is never exhausted. It never changes - it never tires - it endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute. In the face of the world's condemnation, a mother's love still lives on.
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart
