Quotes by Washington Irving

Washington Irving

Washington Irving

American writer

Lived from: 1783 - 1859

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 3 april 1783 Died: 28 november 1859

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  • There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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  • There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
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  • 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.
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  • They who drink beer will think beer.
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  • Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
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  • Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.
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  • Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No, no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.
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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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