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Quotation from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving
“a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.”
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Rip Van Winkle (Project Gutenberg #2048 (revised edition))
The narrator describes Rip's worsening home life as the years of marriage roll on.
Citation: "a tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." — Washington Irving, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Rip Van Winkle (Project Gutenberg #2048 (revised edition)). (id the-sketch-book-q1)
Portrait: TheSketchbookTitlePage, Washington Irving, Public domain.
