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Washington Irving Quotes and Quotations
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. I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories. There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in traveling in a stagecoach, it is often a comfort to shift one's position and be bruised in a new place. Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. 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. Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse; as I have found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position and be bruised in a new place. The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow. Man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. The almighty dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land, seems to have no genuine devotees in these peculiar villages. Here's to your good health, and your family's good health, and may you all live long and prosper. |