Harriet Martineau
Writer
1802-06-12
Books by Harriet Martineau
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Quotes by Harriet Martineau
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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.
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Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.
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Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.
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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.
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I am sure that no traveler seeing things through author spectacles can see them as they are.
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If there is any country on earth where the course of true love may be expected to run smooth, it is America.
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Women, like men, must be educated with a view to action, or their studies cannot be called education.
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