Quote by Washington Irving
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. - Washington Irving

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington Irving

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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. – Washington Irving

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Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business. – Washington Irving

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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. – Washington Irving

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One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house f the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple. Psalms 27:4 – Bible

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The purpose of man is in action not thought. – Thomas Carlyle

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When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind. – Seneca

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