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More Quotes by Washington Irving
after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
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.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it
There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
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.
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.
He that drinks beer, thinks beer.
