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Author - Washington Irving
Quotes by : Washington Irving
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Sometimes he spent hours together in the great libraries of Paris, those catacombs of departed authors,....
Natural
The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and....
Sorrow
The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
writing
I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories.
death
No! no! My engagement is with no bride--the worms! the worms expect me! I am a dead man--I have been....
Heart
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity....
adversity
Some minds seem almost to create themselves springing up under every disadvantage and working their....
hour
It is almost startling to hear this warning of departed time sounding among the tombs, and telling the....
misfortune
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but....
travel
To the traveller imbued with a feeling for the historical and poetical, so inseparately interwined in....
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