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More Quotes by Washington Irving
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.
He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.
Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
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.
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.
