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A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
― Washington Irving
History
Affection
Washington Irving
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.
― Washington Irving
Men
Thinking
Ideas
Washington Irving
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
― Washington Irving
Strength
Sad
Sympathy
Washington Irving
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.
― Washington Irving
Blame
Failing
Ability
Washington Irving
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.
― Washington Irving
Men
Sloth
Idlers
Washington Irving
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
― Washington Irving
Heart
Imagination
Perception
Washington Irving
Enthusiasts soon understand each other.
― Washington Irving
Enthusiasm
Washington Irving
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
― Washington Irving
Fear
Real
Humble
Washington Irving
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
― Washington Irving
Sports
Hero
Idols
Washington Irving
Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.
― Washington Irving
Mind
Overcoming
Greater
Washington Irving
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.
― Washington Irving
Happiness
Mirrors
Light
Washington Irving
He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.
― Washington Irving
Nature
Forests
Study
Washington Irving
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.
― Washington Irving
Men
Poverty
Ruined
Washington Irving
He that drinks beer, thinks beer.
― Washington Irving
Humorous
Beer
Thinking
Washington Irving
Men are always doomed to be duped, not so much by the arts of the other as by their own imagination. They are always wooing goddesses, and marrying mere mortals.
― Washington Irving
Art
Men
Imagination
Washington Irving
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
― Washington Irving
Marriage
Two
Three
Washington Irving
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.
― Washington Irving
Happiness
Laughter
Wine
Washington Irving
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
― Washington Irving
Inspirational
Motivational
Wisdom
Washington Irving
Surely happiness is reflective, like the light of heaven
― Washington Irving
Light
Heaven
Washington Irving
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.
― Washington Irving
Believe
Men
Sweat
Washington Irving
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