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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.
A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
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.
Enthusiasts soon understand each other.
after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head
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.
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.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
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.
