74 ordspråk av Washington Irving

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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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en One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
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en . . . 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.
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en Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old
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en A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than an angel, any day.
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en They who drink beer will think beer.
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en 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
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en 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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en 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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en A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.
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en It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and alligator shoes that were hurting my feet; cars that I just parked, and the dust would just build up on them.
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en Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart
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en 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.
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en Ay, go to the grave of buried love and meditate! There settle the account with thy conscience for every past benefit unrequited - every past endearment unregarded, of that departed being, who can never, never, never return to be soothed by thy contr
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en Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
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en The grate had been removed from the wide overwhelming fireplace, to make way for a fire of wood, in the midst of which was an enormous log glowing and blazing, and sending forth a vast volume of light and heat; this I understood was the Yule-log, which the Squire was particular in having brought in and illumined on a Christmas eve, according to ancient custom.
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