Anna Cora Mowatt

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“Women endowed with remarkable sensibilities enjoy much, but they also suffer much. The greater the light, the stronger will be the shadow.”

“The mere aspiration is partial realization.”

“Pity’s tears are spontaneous.”

“Mme. Deluzy has said that indifference is a woman’s guardian angel,—a remark not only applicable in France, but all over the world.”

“Men are prostrated by misfortune; women bend, but do not break, and martyr-like live on.”

“Lord Chesterfield designated ugly women as the third sex; how shall we place ugly men.”

“Is it not in accordance with divine order that every mortal is thrown into that situation where his hidden evils can be brought forth to his own view, that he may know them, acknowledge them, struggle against them, and put them away?”

“Every natural movement is graceful. Did you ever watch a kitten at play?”

“Beautiful thoughts flit across the brain, like butterflies in the sun’s rays, and are as difficult to capture.”