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

~Washington Irving

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

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The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

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Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster.

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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

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Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

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There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

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I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.

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It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.

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A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: April 3rd, 1783

Died: November 28th, 1859

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