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Quote by Washington Irving
The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevat

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind. – Washington Irving

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The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. – Washington Irving

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The great British Library — one of these sequestered pools of obsolete literature to which modern authors repair, and draw buckets full of classic lore, or pure English, undefiled wherewith to swell their own scanty rills of thought. – Washington Irving

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

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It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; ’tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals? – Benjamin Franklin, 22 February 1756

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Pity cost nothing and aint worth nothing. – Josh Billings

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If the terrorists have the sympathy of people, its much harder to find them. So we need people on our side, and that leads us to be responsible leaders of the world, show some concern with the problems. – George Soros

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Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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