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Letter "W" » Washington Irving Quotes
«. . . he would have passed a pleasant life of it, in despite of the Devil and all his works, if his path had not been crossed by a being that causes more perplexity to mortal man than ghosts, goblins, and the whole race of witches put together, and that was--a woman.»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
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«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.»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Family
| Keywords:
brothers, Brothers and Sisters, desert, endures, husbands, inveterate, Mother Love, sisters, wives
«A woman's life is a history of the affections»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Men and Women,
Women
| Keywords:
affections, History of, History of the
«Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old»
«A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.»
«They who drink beer will think beer.»
«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»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Literature
| Keywords:
briar, briars, fades, fairy, landscapes, nearer, thorns
«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.»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Gifts,
Heaven,
Mind,
Nature,
Thought
| Keywords:
equable, good nature, good weather, inexhaustible, oil, roughest, smooth, spreading, troubled
«Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Honesty
| Keywords:
abundant, companionship, equal to, good-humored, good humor, jovial, oil
«A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Speech
| Keywords:
edge, edge tool, keener, keenest, sharp, sharp tongue, tool
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