What did Washington Irving mean by: The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil. Washington Irving Author · USA Copy
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Irving, Mind, Serenity, 0 Washington Irving Author · USA
+ Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it Author, September 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Washington Irving, Consequences, Jealousy, Self-destructive, 0 Washington Irving Author · USA
Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Irving, Danger, Deception, Morality, 0 Washington Irving Author · USA
+ The youthful freshness of a blameless heart. Author, August 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Washington Irving, Innocence, Purity, Youthfulness, 0 Washington Irving Author · USA
+ There is a sacredness in tears Author, July 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Washington Irving, Emotion, Healing, Release, 0 Washington Irving Author · USA
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Irving, Achievement, Adversity, Resilience, 0 Washington Irving Author · USA
After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Washington Irving, Inner, Outer, Spirituality, 0 Washington Irving Author · USA
+ Too young for woe, though not for tears. Author, November 1, 2023January 2, 2025, Washington Irving, Emotion, Vulnerability, Youth, 0 Washington Irving Author · USA
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
