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

Quote by Washington Irving

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have...

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have...

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

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

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their...

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their...

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

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

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming...

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming...

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...

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an...

A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an...

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

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

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

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

There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than...

There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than...

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant...

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant...

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

A woman has a much better chance than a man of acquittal on a murder...

A woman has a much better chance than a man of acquittal on a murder...

Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and...

Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and...