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More Quotes by Washington Irving
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner. He tries to compress as much thought as possible into a few words. On the contrary, the man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them.
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
He that drinks beer, thinks beer.
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.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
