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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A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use. Washington Irving
Edge Tool Constant Only Sharp Use Keener Grows Tongue
The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible. Washington Irving
Become Other Approach Distance Thorns Visible Those Charm Fades Like Fairy Literature Land Landscapes View Who Nearer
Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for. Washington Irving
Hope Good You Something Never Like Always Provides Being Fulfilled Fulfillment Acting
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. Washington Irving
Age Tool Temper Constant Only Never Sharp Tart Use Keener Grows Tongue
I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories. Washington Irving
Own Believe My Own Always How Am How Much Loss Stories Much
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble. Washington Irving
Dignity Humble Others Dreads About Never Contact Healthful Real However Communion
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. Washington Irving
War Natural Enemy Our Ourselves Most Principle Course Least Effected Stratagem Harm
After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty. Washington Irving
Woman Intelligence Beauty Deficient Though Charms More Divinity Talent Most Within Without Makes Been Than Personal After Regular Fascinated
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