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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

Other quotes by Washington Irving

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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Mothers
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Washington Irving
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. – Washington Irving

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Love
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Sympathy
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A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can be entirely eliminated from any human philosophy. – Morris Raphael Cohen

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Sympathy

The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: Ive seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy. – Anthony Storr

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Sympathy

We are living at a time when creeds and ideologies vary and clash. But the gospel of human sympathy is universal and eternal. – Samuel Hopkins Adams

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Sympathy

You dont go around grieving all the time, but the grief is still there and always will be. – Nigella Lawson

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Sympathy

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I think that generally music should be a positive thing, I like Bob Marleys attitude: he said that his goal in life was to single handedly fight all the evil in the world with nothing but music, and when he went to a place he didnt go to play, he went to conquer. – Jon Fishman

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Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty. – John Bunyan

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The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and thoughtfully determine how they apply to what you want to achieve in the future. – Dee Hock

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The number of shots taken by an opponent who is out of sight is equal to the square root of the sum of the number of curses heard plus the number of swishes. – Michael Green, The Art of Coarse Golf, 1975

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