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James Parton (1822-1891) was a prominent American biographer known for his in-depth research and vivid narrative style. His works have had a profound impact on American history and culture.

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Famous James Parton Quotes

“E.P. Whipple calls fanaticism "religion caricatured," which is a full definition in a word.”

Religion Definitions Fanaticism

Author:James Parton

“Women do not disapprove their rivals; they hate them.”

Hate Rivals Rivalry

Book:Smoking and Drinking

Source: Smoking and Drinking

“On the eve of the Civil War, James Parton could write that 'the political history of the United States, for the last thirty years, dates from the moment when the soft hand of Mr. Van Buren touched Mrs. Eaton's knocker.'”

Writing Years War States Moments Hands Lasts Political United United States Thirty Civil War Touched Vans Thirty Years Political History Knockers

Author:James Parton

“Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success.”

Seven Business Success Fidelity

Author:James Parton

“From Heaven I fall, though from earth I begin. No lady alive can show such a skin. I'm bright as an angel, and light as a feather, But heavy and dark, when you squeeze me together. Though candor and truth in my aspect I bear, Yet many poor creatures I help to insnare. Though so much of Heaven appears in my make, The foulest impressions I easily take. My parent and I produce one another, The mother the daughter, the daughter the mother.”

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Author:James Parton

“To a man who is uncorrupt and properly constituted, woman always remains something of a mystery and a romance. He never interprets her quite literally. She, on her part, is always striving to remain a poem, and is never weary of bringing out new editions of herself in novel bindings.”

Men Romance Novel Mystery Remains Strive Weary Binding

Book:Smoking and Drinking

Source: Smoking and Drinking

“If you trace up Masonry, through all its Orders, till you come to the grand tip-top head Mason of the World, you will discover that the dread individual and the Chief of the Society of Jesus [i.e., the Superior General of the Jesuit Order] are one and the same person.”

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Author:James Parton

About the Author

Born: 1822
Died: 1891
Known for: Biographer
Quotes: 7

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