Logo
Quote by Washington Irving
A womans whole life is a history of the affections. - Washington I

A womans whole life is a history of the affections. – Washington Irving

Other quotes by Washington Irving

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

Category:
Business
Author
Washington Irving
Read Quote

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

Category:
Writing
Author
Washington Irving
Read Quote

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

Category:
Christmas
Author
Washington Irving
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
History
category

Whatever we do or fail to do will influence the course of history. – Arthur Henderson

Category:
History

The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding. – Will and Ariel Durant, The Reformation

Category:
History

The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history. – Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Category:
History

Historians are themselves products of history. – Paul K. Conkin and Roland N. Stromberg, Heritage and Challenge

Category:
History

Random Quotes

Any home can be a castle when the king and the queen are in love. – Author Unknown

Category:
Housewarming

I do believe states rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while – like, 150 years or so. Im professionally obliged to believe that knowledge is better than ignorance, but some kinds of forgetting are OK with me. – John Shelton Reed

Category:
Knowledge

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows. – Yiddish Proverb

Category:
God

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when its all over. – Octavia Butler

Category:
Art