Author: Maria Mitchell

Quotes

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.

- Maria Mitchell

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

- Maria Mitchell

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

- Maria Mitchell

I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive how very little more I know than I did seven years ago when I first did this kind of work.

I have just gone over my comet computations again, and it is humiliating to perceive how very little more I know than I did seven years ago when I first did this kind of work.

- Maria Mitchell

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

- Maria Mitchell

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.

- Maria Mitchell

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

- Maria Mitchell

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!

- Maria Mitchell

We especially need imagination in science.

We especially need imagination in science.

- Maria Mitchell

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