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Washington Irving föddes den 3 april 1783 och dog den 28 november 1859 - called the first American man of letters. Best known for the short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle.
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 . . . 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.

 (Man's) history is a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin

 A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

 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.
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 A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

 A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.

 A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.

 A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.

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

 A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.

 A woman's life is a history of the affections

 A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

 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 avarice seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure; she embarks her whole soul on the traffic of affection; and if shipwrecked, her case is hopeless -- for it is a bankruptcy of the heart.

 Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.

 Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.


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