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«There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others, however humble»
«The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.»
Author: Washington Irving
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Heroism
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Hero of, idol, in turn, recollection, successor, supplant, supplanted, supplanting, supplants
«After a man passes sixty, his mischief is mainly in his head»
«My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.»
«The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.»
«There is one in the world who feels for him who is sad a keener pang than he feels for himself; there is one to whom reflected joy is better than that which comes direct; there is one who rejoices in another?s honor, more than in any which is one?s own.»
«I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.»
«Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.»
«Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
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abroad, apt, conciliate, conciliating, obsequious, shrew, shrews
«A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.»
Author: Washington Irving
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