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More Quotes by Washington Irving
Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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.
Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven; and every countenance, bright with smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a mirror transmitting to others the rays of a supreme and ever-shining benevolence.
Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
