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He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart (Washington Irving Quotes)
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 (Washington Irving Quotes)
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart (Washington Irving Quotes)
Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use (Washington Irving Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home (Washington Irving Quotes)
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 (Washington Irving Quotes)
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart (Washington Irving Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster (Washington Irving Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart (Washington Irving Quotes)
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes (Washington Irving Quotes)
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow (Washington Irving Quotes)
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 Quotes)
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 (Washington Irving Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Young lawyers attend the courts not because they have business there but because they have no business anywhere else (Washington Irving Quotes)
I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letters by every post and never be obliged to reply to them (Washington Irving Quotes)
His wife ruled the roost, and in governing the governor, governed the province, which might thus be said to be under petticoat government (Washington Irving Quotes)
Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin (Washington Irving Quotes)
His renown has been purchased, not by deeds of violence and blood, but by the diligent dispensation of pleasure (Washington Irving Quotes)
The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated (Washington Irving Quotes)
There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor (Washington Irving Quotes)
Men are always doomed to be duped, not so much by the arts of the [other] sex as by their own imaginations. They are always wooing goddesses, and marrying mere mortals (Washington Irving Quotes)
The slanders of the pen pierce to the heart; they rankle longest in the noblest spirits; they dwell ever present in the mind and render it morbidly sensitive to the most trifling collision (Washington Irving Quotes)
The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil (Washington Irving Quotes)
He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is indeed a hero (Washington Irving Quotes)
No man is so methodical as a complete idler, and none so scrupulous in measuring out his time as he whose time is worth nothing (Washington Irving Quotes)
Speculation is the romance of trade, and casts contempt upon all its sober realities. It renders the stock-jobber a magician, and the exchange a region of enchantment (Washington Irving Quotes)