A woman's whole life is a history of the affections

Quote by Washington Irving

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Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where...

Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where...

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial...

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial...

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

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

The Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land.

The Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land.

Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it

Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will,...

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will,...

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with...

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with...

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have...

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have...

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

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

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

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

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

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.

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon...

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon...

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

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

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is...

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is...

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a...

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a...

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature