Quotes about Washington Irving

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.

#Washington Irving