Anna Cora Mowatt Quotes
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Every natural movement is graceful. Did you ever watch a kitten at play?
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Beautiful thoughts flit across the brain, like butterflies in the sun's rays, and are as difficult to capture.
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Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head of the man, but falls like dew on the heart of the woman, and brings forth gems of strength of which she herself had no conscious possession.
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Pity's tears are spontaneous.
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Men are prostrated by misfortune; women bend, but do not break, and martyr-like live on.
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Women endowed with remarkable sensibilities enjoy much; but they also suffer much.
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There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy failure.
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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?