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More Quotes by Washington Irving
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
