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Harriet Martineau Quotes

Harriet Martineau quotes

English Writer June 12, 1802 – June 27, 1876

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Harriet Martineau quote: "If there is any country on earth where the course of true love..."
If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America. Harriet Martineau
Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom they do not love, they must love those whom they do not marry. Harriet Martineau
The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so. Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau quote: "There have been few things in my life which have had a more..."
There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land. Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau quote: "A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties."
A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties. Harriet Martineau
You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow. Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau quote: "I am sure that no traveler seeing things through author..."
I am sure that no traveler seeing things through author spectacles can see them as they are. Harriet Martineau
Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it. Harriet Martineau
It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature. Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau quote: "Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who..."
Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts. Harriet Martineau
But is it not the fact that religion emanates from the nature, from the moral state of the individual? Is it not therefore true that unless the nature be completely exercised, the moral state harmonized, the religion cannot be healthy? Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau quote: "A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties."
A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties. Harriet Martineau
For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe. Harriet Martineau
If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power. Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau quote: "We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but..."
We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it. Harriet Martineau

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