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Quote by Washington Irving
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of th

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart. – Washington Irving

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The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value. – Washington Irving

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I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letters by every post and never be obliged to reply to them. – Washington Irving

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As contraries are known by contraries, so is the delight of presence best known by the torments of absence. – Alcibiades

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But fate ordains that dearest friends must part. – Edward Young

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We only part to meet again. – John Gay

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