Quotes by : Washington Irving

Sometimes he spent hours together in the great libraries of Paris, those catacombs of departed authors,....

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection and will in turn be supplanted....

There is, perhaps, no class of men on the face of the earth, says Captain Bonneville, who lead a life....

On mounting a rising ground, which brought the figure of his fellow-traveller in relief against the sky,....

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

There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.....

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power. They are messengers of....

Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but....

Man passes away his name perishes from record and recollection his history is as a tale that is told....