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Quotes by Washington Irving
How idle a boast, after all, is the immortality of a name ! Time is ever silently turning over his pages; we are too much engrossed by the story of the present to think of the character and anecdotes that gave interest to the past; and each age is a volume thrown aside and forgotten.— filed under Fame
Is there ever a time when the sense of desolation caused by death rolls over one so like a flood as when returning from the grave to a lonely home? There is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song. There is a remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living. O, the grave! the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment. From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.— filed under Grave
'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart.— filed under Christmas
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.— filed under Poverty
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues.— filed under Sorrow