Washington Irving - Love Quotes

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Continually since I have been in Switzerland have I been struck with the similarity in sentiment and manners between the Swiss and the Americans—It is impossible this nation can always be kept under, the love of liberty burns too strongly in their bosoms.

Washington Irving

There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart

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And if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate.

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

A woman is more considerate in affairs of love than a man; because love is more the study and business of her life.

Washington Irving