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Anna Brownell Jameson was an English writer born in May 1794 and died in March 1860. She is known for her extensive literary works and her contributions to the advancement of women's literary status.

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Famous Anna Brownell Jameson Quotes

“Avarice is to the intellect what sensuality is to the morals.”

Moral Greed Intellect Sensuality Avarice

Author:Anna Brownell Jameson

“Where the vivacity of the intellect and the strength of the passions exceed the development of the moral faculties the character is likely to be embittered or corrupted by extremes, either of adversity or prosperity.”

Character Passion Moral Development Adversity Prosperity Extremes Intellect Faculty Exceed Vivacity

Author:Anna Brownell Jameson

“I have great admiration for power, a great terror of weakness, especially in my own sex, yet feel that my love is for those who overcome the mental and moral suffering and temptation through excess of tenderness rather than through excess of strength.”

Feels Suffering Sex My Own Love Is Moral Weakness Overcoming Terror Temptation Admiration Excess Tenderness

Book:A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

“Thoughts and emotions which never perhaps were in the mind of the artist, never were anticipated, never were intended by him - may be strongly suggested by his work. This is an important part of the morals of art, which we must never lose sight of. Art is not only for pleasure and profit, but for good and for evil.”

Mind May Art Important Artist Evil Loses Pleasure Emotion Moral Art Is Sight Profit Thoughts And Emotions

Book:A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

“In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.”

Soul Ends Evil Peace Moral Principles Motive Wickedness Fanaticism Ubuntu

Book:A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

About the Author

Born: May 19, 1794
Died: March 17, 1860
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 73

Books & Sources

A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selectedRelated source material

Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in CanadaRelated source material

Memoirs and essays, illustrative of art, literature and social moralsRelated source material

Sketches of art, literature, and character [orig. publ. as Visits and sketches at home and abroad].Related source material

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