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> [Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/because-my-father-was-often-absent-on-naval-duty-my-mother-suffered/)

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## More by John James Audubon

> [All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/all-trembling-i-reached-the-falls-of-niagara-and-oh-what-a-scene-my/)

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> [From the top of a high rock, I obtained a good few of the most extensive and dreary wilderness I ever beheld. It chilled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/from-the-top-of-a-high-rock-i-obtained-a-good-few-of-the-most/)

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> [To repay evils with kindness is the religion I was taught to practise, and this will forever be my rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/to-repay-evils-with-kindness-is-the-religion-i-was-taught-to-practise/)

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> [Surrounded by all the members of my dear family, enjoying the affection of numerous friends, who have never abandoned me, and possessing a sufficient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/surrounded-by-all-the-members-of-my-dear-family-enjoying-the/)

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> [I cannot help but think a curious event is this life of mine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/i-cannot-help-but-think-a-curious-event-is-this-life-of-mine/)

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> [In America, business is the first object in view at all times, and rightly it should be so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/in-america-business-is-the-first-object-in-view-at-all-times-and/)

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> [I looked long and carefully at the picture of a stag painted by Landseer - the style was good, and the brush was handled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/i-looked-long-and-carefully-at-the-picture-of-a-stag-painted-by/)

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> [Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/almost-every-day-instead-of-going-to-school-i-made-for-the-fields/)

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> [How could I make a little book, when I have seen enough to make a dozen large books?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/how-could-i-make-a-little-book-when-i-have-seen-enough-to-make-a/)

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> [The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/the-fact-is-i-am-growing-old-too-fast-alas-i-feel-it-and-yet-work-i/)

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> [My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/my-drawings-at-first-were-made-altogether-in-watercolors-but-they/)

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> [July 2. A beautiful day for Labrador. Went ashore and killed nothing, but was pleased with what I saw. The country is so grandly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/july-2-a-beautiful-day-for-labrador-went-ashore-and-killed-nothing/)

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> [The Fur Company may be called the exterminating medium of these wild and almost uninhabitable regions, which cupidity or the love of money alone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/the-fur-company-may-be-called-the-exterminating-medium-of-these-wild/)

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> [To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was entirely occupied with art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/to-have-been-torn-from-the-study-would-have-been-as-death-my-time-was/)

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> [Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-audubon/because-my-father-was-often-absent-on-naval-duty-my-mother-suffered/)

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