"Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression……" — Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong."
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97 Quotes by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Nobody had ever instructed him that a slave-ship, with a procession of expectant sharks in its wake, is a missionary…
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So long as the law considers all these human beings, with beating hearts and living affections, only as so many…
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Now, if the principle of toleration were once admitted into classical education - if it were admitted that the great…
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Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom,…
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I long to put the experience of fifty years at once into your young lives, to give you at once…
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best…
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Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of…
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'Who was your mother?' 'Never had none!' said the child, with another grin. 'Never had any mother? What do you…
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Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers.
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A woman's health is her capital.
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What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of…
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More Expression Quotes
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Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both…
— Rowan Atkinson
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I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel…
— Margaret Atwood
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One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.'
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons…
— Diane Ackerman
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
— Ansel Adams
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged…
— Ansel Adams
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Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.
— Ansel Adams
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If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own…
— Bruce Barton
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I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations…
— Mario Batali
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Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.
— Jane Addams
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I'm all in favour of free expression provided it's kept rigidly under control.
— Alan Bennett
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