Author: Harriet Martineau

Quotes

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties.

A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties.

- Harriet Martineau

If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.

If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.

- Harriet Martineau

It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature.

It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature.

- Harriet Martineau

A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.

A soul occupied with great ideas performs small duties.

- Harriet Martineau

Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.

Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.

- 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.

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

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