Washington Irving

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• There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in travelling in a stage- coach, that it is often a ...

• The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion.

• A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it is there her avar...

• 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.

• Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

• 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.

• The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

• The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal -- every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open -- this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.

• 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.

• There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

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