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Mistress Quotes

Devotion, rivalry, and a word with many edges.

This collection of mistress quotes starts with a musician calling the violin a mistress while naming the guitar a master, a playful way of ranking devotion to craft. Another quote compares a demanding subject to a fickle mistress a student can never fully win, echoing themes found in About quotes on ambition.

Inclusiveness is expanded by grievance. If I were a mistress, I would not need to fight for my career.

Quotes by Zhou Qunfei

What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp?

Quotes by William Osler

Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats.

Quotes by Sextus Propertius

I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.

Quotes by Oskar Werner

About Quotes

I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress.

Quotes by Oskar Werner

The violin is my mistress, but the guitar is my master.

Quotes by Niccolo Paganini

Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law.

Leonardo da Vinci

As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or mistress to get on the front page of the papers.

Quotes by Julian Barnes

That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics.

Quotes by John Wilkes

Acquiesce Quotes

Landscape is my mistress - 'tis to her I look for fame.

Quotes by John Constable

I would be heartbroken if I found out my husband had a mistress.

Quotes by Jes Macallan

When a man marries his mistress it creates a job opportunity.

Quotes by James Goldsmith

Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not.

Quotes by Horace

Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.

Quotes by Henry Adams

Am Quotes

When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.

Quotes by Harriet Ann Jacobs

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.

Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its master.

Quotes by Freda Adler

On the whole, as we readily acquiesce in the acknowledgment that the field and the cabinet are the proper spheres assigned to our Masters and our Lords, may we also deserve the dignified title and encomium of Mistress and Lady...

Quotes by Deborah Sampson

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.

Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

Barbara Quotes

Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two.

Quotes by Ambrose Bierce

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does this mistress quotes page focus on?
It collects quotes using the word mistress in different senses, from a musician's devotion to an instrument to more literal references to romantic rivals.
Why do people search for quotes about mistress?
The word carries both a literal romantic meaning and a figurative one for deep devotion, so people search for mistress quotes for very different reasons depending on context.
What does the quote about the violin and guitar mean?
A musician calls the violin his mistress while naming the guitar his master, using the contrast to describe two very different kinds of dedication to instruments.
Is there a quote about being a student here?
Yes, one quote compares a demanding subject to a fickle mistress a student courts but can never fully grasp, using the word to describe elusive, hard-won knowledge.
Does this collection touch on scandal?
One blunt quote observes that killing a wife or mistress is what actually gets someone on the front page, using dark humor to comment on how the press covers scandal.

A blunter quote turns to headlines, noting that killing a wife or mistress is what actually makes front-page news. For more reflections on identity and daily life, see Am quotes.