Washington Irving was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. These inspirational Washington Irving Quotes will change your life.
Best Washington Irving Quotes
- “Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.” – Washington Irving
- “One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.” – Washington Irving
- “Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.” – Washington Irving
- “A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.” – Washington Irving
- “Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” – Washington Irving
- “He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.” – Washington Irving
- “Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune, but great minds rise above them.” – Washington Irving
- “Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them.” – Washington Irving
- “Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it” – Washington Irving
- “A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.” – Washington Irving
- “The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.” – Washington Irving
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“A mother is the truest friend we have.” – Washington Irving
- “Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” – Washington Irving
- “There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.” – Washington Irving, Washington Irving Quotes about tears
- “He that drinks beer, thinks beer.” – Washington Irving
- “I’ve had it with you and your emotional constipation!” – Washington Irving
- “I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.” – Washington Irving
- “I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials.” – Washington Irving
- “The only happy author in this world is he who is below the care of reputation.” – Washington Irving
- “The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.” – Washington Irving
- “Christmas is here, Merry old Christmas, Gift-bearing Christmas, Day of grand memories, King of the year!” – Washington Irving
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“Enthusiasts soon understand each other.” – Washington Irving
- “There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind.” – Washington Irving
- “after a man passes 60, his mischief is mainly in his head” – Washington Irving
- “After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without.” – Washington Irving
- “They who drink beer will think beer.” – Washington Irving
- “Poetry had breathed over and sanctified the land.” – Washington Irving
- “Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.” – Washington Irving
- “It lightens the stroke to draw near to Him who handles the rod.” – Washington Irving
- “There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.” – Washington Irving
- “A father may turn his back on his child, …. but a mother’s love endures through all.” – Washington Irving
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“A woman’s whole life is a history of the affections.” – Washington Irving
- “It’s a fair wind that blew men to ale.” – Washington Irving
- “The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion.” – Washington Irving
- “The paternal hearth, the rallying-place of the affections.” – Washington Irving
- “The youthful freshness of a blameless heart.” – Washington Irving
- “The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated.” – Washington Irving
- “The very difference of character in marriage produces a harmonious combination.” – Washington Irving
- “The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced.” – Washington Irving
- “Angling is an amusement peculiarly adapted to the mild and cultivated scenery of England” – Washington Irving
- “The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.” – Washington Irving
- “Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.” – Washington Irving
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“There is a sacredness in tears” – Washington Irving
- “It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.” – Washington Irving
- “I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow.” – Washington Irving
- “The oil and wine of merry meeting.” – Washington Irving
- “There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees.” – Washington Irving
- “There is a majestic grandeur in tranquility.” – Washington Irving
- “Poetry is evidently a contagious complaint.” – Washington Irving
- “Washington, in fact, had very little private life, but was eminently a public character.” – Washington Irving
