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Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.
Washington Irving
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Washington Irving
Age: 76 †
Born: 1783
Born: April 3
Died: 1859
Died: November 28
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Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
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There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.
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I have often had occasion to remark the fortitude with which women sustain the most overwhelming reverses of fortunes.
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Too young for woe, though not for tears.
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