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title: "3 Deserted Quotes By Washington Irving"
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> [My father died and left me his blessing and his business. His blessing brought no money into my pocket, and as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/my-father-died-and-left-me-his-blessing-and-his-business-his-blessing/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/washington-irving-1386_attorney_my-father-died-and-left-me-his-blessing_399737.jpg)

> [When friends grow cold, and the converse of intimates languishes into vapid civility and commonplace, these only continue the unaltered countenance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/when-friends-grow-cold-and-the-converse-of-intimates-languishes-into/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/washington-irving-1386_cheer_when-friends-grow-cold-and-the-converse_405259.png)

> [Nothing impresses the mind with a deeper feeling of loneliness than to tread the silent and deserted scene of former throng and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/nothing-impresses-the-mind-with-a-deeper-feeling-of-loneliness-than/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/washington-irving-1386_deeper_nothing-impresses-the-mind-with-a-deeper_2074147.png)

## Other authors on Deserted

## More by Washington Irving

> [Some minds corrode and grow inactive under the loss of personal liberty; others grow morbid and irritable; but it is the nature of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/some-minds-corrode-and-grow-inactive-under-the-loss-of-personal/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [Language gradually varies, and with it fade away the writings of authors who have flourished their allotted time; otherwise, the creative powers of genius…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/language-gradually-varies-and-with-it-fade-away-the-writings-of/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [A woman's life is a history of the affections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/a-woman-s-life-is-a-history-of-the-affections/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/a-father-may-turn-his-back-on-his-child-brothers-and-sisters-may/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [Over no nation does the press hold a more absolute control than over the people of America, for the universal education of the poorest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/over-no-nation-does-the-press-hold-a-more-absolute-control-than-over/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/i-have-never-found-in-anything-outside-of-the-four-walls-of-my-study/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/there-is-no-character-in-the-comedy-of-human-life-more-difficult-to/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/he-who-thinks-much-says-but-little-in-proportion-to-his-thoughts-he/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/a-woman-s-whole-life-is-a-history-of-the-affections-the-heart-is-her/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [Redundancy of language is never found with deep reflection. Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. He who thinks much says but little in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/redundancy-of-language-is-never-found-with-deep-reflection-verbiage/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/history-fades-into-fable-fact-becomes-clouded-with-doubt-and/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [There is a majestic grandeur in tranquillity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/there-is-a-majestic-grandeur-in-tranquillity/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/there-rise-authors-now-and-then-who-seem-proof-against-the-mutability/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/there-is-nothing-in-england-that-exercises-a-more-delightful-spell/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

> [It is but seldom that any one overt act produces hostilities between two nations; there exists, more commonly, a previous jealousy and ill will,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/it-is-but-seldom-that-any-one-overt-act-produces-hostilities-between/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

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