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Washington Irving

Washington Irving

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.

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A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

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Washington Irving

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

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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.

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There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.

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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.

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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

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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.

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There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.

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