All Washington Irving Quotes
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 woman's whole life is a history of the affections.
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A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
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The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.
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Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.
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The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
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Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.
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The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.
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I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.
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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.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
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The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
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