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Washington Irving Quotes: "Great minds have purposes; others have wishes."

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart."

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.




Washington Irving Quotes: "A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.



Washington Irving Quotes: "I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!"

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!




Washington Irving Quotes: "A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.



Washington Irving Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart."

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.




Washington Irving Quotes: "There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power."

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.



Washington Irving Quotes: "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 serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.



Washington Irving Quotes: "A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all."

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them."

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.




Washington Irving Quotes: "Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love."

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.



Washington Irving Quotes: "There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.



Washington Irving Quotes: "There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart"

There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart



Washington Irving Quotes: "One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more."

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.



Washington Irving Quotes: "A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity."

A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity.



Washington Irving Quotes: "A mother is the truest friend we have."

A mother is the truest friend we have.



Washington Irving Quotes: "There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind."

There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles."

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 Quotes: "The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use."

The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.



Washington Irving Quotes: "They who drink beer will think beer."

They who drink beer will think beer.



Washington Irving Quotes: "The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes."

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.



Washington Irving Quotes: "A father may turn his back on his child, … . but a mother's love endures through all."

A father may turn his back on his child, … . but a mother's love endures through all.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin."

Man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.



Washington Irving Quotes: "There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard."

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.



Washington Irving Quotes: "I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories."

I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.



Washington Irving Quotes: "The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow."

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 Quotes: "The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced."

The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced.



Washington Irving Quotes: "He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero."

He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero.



Washington Irving Quotes: "An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather."

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him."

Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.



Washington Irving Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Enthusiasts soon understand each other."

Enthusiasts soon understand each other.



Washington Irving Quotes: "The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated."

The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated.



Washington Irving Quotes: "I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind awake."

I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind awake.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three."

Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.



Washington Irving Quotes: "I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials."

I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it"

Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it



Washington Irving Quotes: "Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue."

Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.



Washington Irving Quotes: "A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion."

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until at length we cannot wonder even at a miracle."

Every desire bears its death in its very gratification. Curiosity languishes under repeated stimulants, and novelties cease to excite and surprise, until at length we cannot wonder even at a miracle.



Washington Irving Quotes: "There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble."

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.



Washington Irving Quotes: "The moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; the dreary hooting of the screechowl."

The moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; the dreary hooting of the screechowl.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Every antique farm-house and moss-grown cottage is a picture."

Every antique farm-house and moss-grown cottage is a picture.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home."

Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.



Washington Irving Quotes: "It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man."

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.



Washington Irving Quotes: "There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse."

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse.



Washington Irving Quotes: "Society is like a lawn, where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling verdure of a velvet surface"

Society is like a lawn, where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling verdure of a velvet surface