Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
There is no character in the comedy of human life more difficult to play well than that of an old bachelor.
Washington Irving
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Washington Irving
Age: 76 †
Born: 1783
Born: April 3
Died: 1859
Died: November 28
Author
Biographer
Diplomat
Essayist
Historian
Journalist
Lawyer
Novelist
Playwright
Politician
Writer
New York City
New York
Diedrich Knickerbocker
Geoffrey Crayon
Lauuncelot Langstaff
Difficult
Character
Wells
Human
Humans
Well
Bachelor
Play
Bachelors
Life
Comedy
More quotes by Washington Irving
Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it
Washington Irving
Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.
Washington Irving
The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.
Washington Irving
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.
Washington Irving
True love will not brook reserve it feels undervalued and outraged, when even the sorrows of those it loves are concealed from it.
Washington Irving
What earnest worker, with hand and brain for the benefit of his fellowmen, could desire a more pleasing recognition of his usefulness than the monument of a tree, ever growing, ever blooming, and ever bearing wholesome fruit?
Washington Irving
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
Washington Irving
Poetry is evidently a contagious complaint.
Washington Irving
My father died and left me his blessing and his business. His blessing brought no money into my pocket, and as to his business, it soon deserted me, for I was busy writing poetry, and could not attend to law, and my clients, though they had great respect for my talents, had no faith in a poetical attorney.
Washington Irving
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced.
Washington Irving
Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.
Washington Irving
Angling is an amusement peculiarly adapted to the mild and cultivated scenery of England
Washington Irving
There are moments of mingled sorrow and tenderness, which hallow the caresses of affection.
Washington Irving
With every exertion, the best of men can do but a moderate amount of good but it seems in the power of the most contemptible individual to do incalculable mischief.
Washington Irving
How convenient it would be to many of our great men and great families of doubtful origin, could they have the privilege of the heroes of yore, who, whenever their origin was involved in obscurity, modestly announced themselves descended from a god.
Washington Irving
One point is certain, that truth is one and immutable until the jurors all agree, they cannot all be right.
Washington Irving
How idle a boast, after all, is the immortality of a name! Time is ever silently turning over his pages we are too much engrossed by the story of the present to think of the character and anecdotes that gave interest to the past and each age is a volume thrown aside and forgotten.
Washington Irving
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
Washington Irving
after a man passes 60 , his mischief is mainly in his head
Washington Irving
A mother is the truest friend we have.
Washington Irving
