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More Quotes by Washington Irving
I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing.
after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.
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.
