Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Anna Cora Mowatt

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Anna Cora Mowatt.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Anna Cora Mowatt

Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie (1819–1870) was a French-born American author, playwright, public reader, actress, and preservationist. Her best known work was the play Fashion, published in 1845. Following her critical success as a playwright, she enjoyed a successful career on stage as an actress. Her Autobiography of an Actress was published in 1853. Anna Cora Mowatt played a central role in lobbying and fundraising during the early years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, the oldest national historic preservation organization in the United States.

There is always a half-malicious curiosity amongst actors to witness the shortcomings of a novice. They invariably experience strong inclinations to prophesy failure.
Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head of the man, but falls like dew on the heart of the woman, and brings forth [gems] of strength of which she herself had no conscious possession.
The more aspiration is partial realization. — © Anna Cora Mowatt
The more aspiration is partial realization.
Every natural movement is graceful. Did you ever watch a kitten at play?
Is it not in accordance with divine order that every mortal is thrown into that situation where his hidden evils can be brought forth to his own view, that he may know them, acknowledge them, struggle against them, and put them away?
Pity's tears are spontaneous.
Women endowed with remarkable sensibilities enjoy much; but they also suffer much.
Beautiful thoughts flit across the brain, like butterflies in the sun's rays, and are as difficult to capture.
Men are prostrated by misfortune; women bend, but do not break, and martyr-like live on.
Mme. Deluzy has said that indifference is a woman's guardian angel,--a remark not only applicable in France, but all over the world.
Lord Chesterfield designated ugly women as the third sex; how shall we place ugly men.
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