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More Quotes by Washington Irving
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.
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.
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
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.
He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.
after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head
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.
