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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
- Washington Irving
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After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.
- Washington Irving
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#Talent
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Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
- Washington Irving
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I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.
- Washington Irving
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He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
- Washington Irving
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#True
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The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
- Washington Irving
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The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
- Washington Irving
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Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
- Washington Irving
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#Men
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#Who
Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
- Washington Irving
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#Years
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
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A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
- Washington Irving
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The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
- Washington Irving
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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
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A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.
- Washington Irving
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They who drink beer will think beer.
- Washington Irving
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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
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#Soul
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
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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
- Washington Irving
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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
- Washington Irving
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
- Washington Irving
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#Tears
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
- Washington Irving
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#Lost
#Love Is
#Love
#Relationship
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
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#Father
#Love
#Mom
#Mother
There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
- Washington Irving
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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
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#Laughter
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#Wine
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
- Washington Irving
#Great Minds
#Great
#Rise Above
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
- Washington Irving
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#Fire
#Flame
#Heart
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