"Great men show politeness in a particular way;……" — John James Audubon
"Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family."
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John James Audubon
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61 Quotes by John James Audubon
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A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from…
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Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.
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During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.
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Almost every day, instead of going to school, I made for the fields, where I spent my day.
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In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part…
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I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens.
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Mathematics was hard, dull work. Geography pleased me more. For dancing I was quite enthusiastic.
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My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish.
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The worse my drawings were, the more beautiful did the originals appear.
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To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was entirely occupied with art.
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I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime…
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
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