Quote by Washington Irving
Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, w

Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home. – Washington Irving

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The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and this of course is to be effected by stratagem. – Washington Irving

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War
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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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Libraries
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The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible. – Washington Irving

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When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work. – Jessica Lange

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While I enjoy spending time in L.A., Britain is my home. – Michael Sheen

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I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Torontos my home. – Rachel McAdams

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More than anything else, I want the folks back at home to think right of me. – Elvis Presley

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