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More Quotes by Washington Irving
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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.
