Author: Dorothea Dix

Quotes

No blessing, no good, can follow in the path trodden by slavery.

No blessing, no good, can follow in the path trodden by slavery.

- Dorothea Dix

Pleasures take to themselves wings and fly away; true knowledge remains forever.

Pleasures take to themselves wings and fly away; true knowledge remains forever.

- Dorothea Dix

With care and patience, people may accomplish things which, to an indolent person, would appear impossible.

With care and patience, people may accomplish things which, to an indolent person, would appear impossible.

- Dorothea Dix

Happy are those who dwell apart from the harrowing tumults of public life!

Happy are those who dwell apart from the harrowing tumults of public life!

- Dorothea Dix

What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us.

What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us.

- Dorothea Dix

The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love - the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity.

The rose is the flower and handmaiden of love - the lily, her fair associate, is the emblem of beauty and purity.

- Dorothea Dix

My wish is to be known only thru my work.

My wish is to be known only thru my work.

- Dorothea Dix

The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character.

The duties of a teacher are neither few nor small, but they elevate the mind and give energy to the character.

- Dorothea Dix

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