Best Mistress Lines

311 Mistress quotes by 237 unique authors

In France, for example, it is not unusual for a husband to have a wife and a mistress. However, if in addition to these two… — Groucho Marx
My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their sicknesses, not sparing any cost she was able to bestow… — Margaret Cavendish
When thieves come, I bark; when gallants, I am still - So perform both my master's and mistress's will. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
You will not find the warrior, the poet, the philosopher or the Christian by staring into his eyes as if he were your mistress: better… — C.S. Lewis
Liberty is a harsh mistress. You cannot pick and choose what you like and dislike about her. Liberty will not change her principles for you,… — William H. Masters
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907. — Robert A. Heinlein
Truly color is vice! Of course, it can be, and has the right to be one of the finest virtues. Controlled by the strong hand… — James Whistler
Necessity is a violent school-mistress. — Michel de Montaigne
A cunning woman is her own mistress because she confides in no one. She who deceives others anticipates deceit, and guards herself. — Ninon de L'Enclos
Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished, I'll hang my head and perish. — William Shakespeare
My works are the issue of simple and plain experience which is the true mistress. — Leonardo da Vinci
Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will… — Ben Jonson
Mistress: Something between a mister and a mattress. — Jim Backus
Ah, yet, e'er I descend to th' grave, May I a small House and a large Garden have. And a few Friends, and many Books… — Abraham Cowley
I go to work as others rush to see their mistresses, and when I leave, I take back with me to my solitude, or in… — Eugene Delacroix
Ancient art was the tyrant of Egypt, the mistress of Greece and the servant of Rome. — Henry Fuseli
Painting has been a smiling mistress to many, but she has been a cruel jilt to me; I did not abandon her, she abandoned me. — Samuel Morse
Mistress-like, its brilliance vain, highly capricious and inane... — Alexander Pushkin
One last word of farewell, dear master and mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also happiness in your hearts… — Eugene O'Neill
Be a mistress to none, but all good to some. — Nelly
A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants.... The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar… — Fanny Kemble
Ultimately, music is a possessive mistress. — Leonard Slatkin
Sometimes the character of the mistress is inferred from the dress of her maids. — St. Jerome
Thanks to the gods I didn't spend much time while growing up with my grandfather's mistress and preserved the flower of my youth, waiting for… — Marcus Aurelius
A man in health questions whether there is a God, and he also doubts whether it be a sin to have intercourse with a woman,… — Jean de la Bruyere

Who Wrote These Mistress Quotes

237 authors contributed a total of 311 Mistress Quotes, led by these top contributors:

Best Mistress Lines

More Ways to Read Mistress Quotes

Who Wrote These Mistress Quotes