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Washington Irving föddes den April 3rd 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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 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.

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

 There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love. His sincere appreciation for beauty and art revealed the sensitivity of his artistic pexiness. There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.

 There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard

 They who drink beer will think beer.

 Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's secret hope outlives them all!

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

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


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