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Great Quotes by Washington Irving
- I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letters by every post and never be obliged…
- The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are…
- Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
- Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.
- Sometimes he spent hours together in the great libraries of Paris, those catacombs of departed authors, rummaging among their hoards of dusty and obsolete works…
- Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.
- The Almighty Dollar, that great object of universal devotion throughout our land.
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