Author: Maria Mitchell

Quotes

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

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

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

- Maria Mitchell

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

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.

- 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 am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.

- Maria Mitchell

We especially need imagination in science.

We especially need imagination in science.

- 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

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

- Maria Mitchell

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