Washington Irving Quotes

Washington Irving

Washington Irving

American Writer

Born: Apr 3, 1783

Died: Nov 28, 1859

Always Heart Never Only Will Woman

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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving

Sad Love Grief Speak Tears Power Overwhelming Eloquently Mark Thousand Weakness Ten More Sacredness Unspeakable Than Contrition Deep Tongues

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Washington Irving

Great Others Minds Great Minds Purposes Wishes

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. Washington Irving

Heart Everything Kind Gladness Smiles Making Fountain

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. Washington Irving

Adversity Woman Heart Dark Prosperity Fire Every Broad Lies True Daylight Hour Up Heavenly Which Dormant Spark

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. Washington Irving

Christmas Heart Charity Fire Flame Hospitality Genial Hall Season

They who drink beer will think beer. Washington Irving

Beer Will Think Drink Who

There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. Washington Irving

Adversity Woman Heart Dark Prosperity Fire Every Broad Lies Daylight Hour Up Heavenly Which Dormant Spark

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all. Washington Irving

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

Tool Only Sharper Gets Use Tongue

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. Washington Irving

Every Minds Way Solitary Thousand Some Seem Through Disadvantage Almost Obstacles Springing Up Irresistible Themselves Create Working

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. Washington Irving

Life History Woman Life Is A Affections Whole

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

The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude. Washington Irving

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end. Washington Irving

Man Struggle Mind Poverty Ruined Must Pretense Purse Soon Between Come Empty Proud End Up Hollow Much Show Keeping

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years. Washington Irving

Age Matter Feeling Years

He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart. Washington Irving

Heart Imagination Spell He True Senses Whose

Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three. Washington Irving

Marriage Three Strife Torment Felicity Two Enmity

Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted. Washington Irving

Enthusiasm Eloquence Indeed True Doubted

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

Learning Tools More Simplest Greatest Doing Growing

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

Business Young No Business Lawyers Attend Because Courts

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