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

Quote by Washington Irving

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

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

He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the...

He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the...

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul...

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul...

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate...

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate...

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged...

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A woman's life is a history of the affections

A woman's life is a history of the affections

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

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

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...

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself...

An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself...

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

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

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...

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 never jealousy where there is not strong regard

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually...

Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually...