"Painting has been a smiling mistress to many,……" — Samuel Morse
"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."
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11 Quotes by Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse has 11 quotes on this site.
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What God Hath Wrought.
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If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why…
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Science and art are not opposed.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more…
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My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price.…
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Every child has a dream, to pursue the dream is in every child's hand to make it a reality. One's…
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The Jesuits…are a secret society – a sort of Masonic order – with superadded features of revolting odiousness, and a…
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We must raise the salaries of our operators or they will all be taken from us, that is, all that…
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I have no wish to be remembered as a painter, for I never was a painter; my idea of that…
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Alas, the very name of picture produces a sadness of heart I cannot describe.
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More Abandon Quotes
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If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do…
— John James Audubon
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If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for…
— Teresa of Avila
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The people who abandon Jihad fall a victim to humility and degradation.
— Abu Bakr
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When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon…
— Javier Bardem
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If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of…
— Gary Bauer
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance…
— Gary Bauer
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Sex pleasure in woman is a kind of magic spell; it demands complete abandon; if words or movements oppose the…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration,…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.
— George W. Bush
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I'm not suggesting people abandon musical instruments and start playing their cars and apartments, but I do think the reign…
— David Byrne
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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the…
— Albert Camus
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