Maria Mitchell Quotes

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• There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
• Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.
• 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 greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.
• I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.
• I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.
• I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.
• 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…
• We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some…
• It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.
• The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.
• The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.
• I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.
• Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.
• The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!
• Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.
• To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard…
• I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what I get out for this, from my own observations, but…
• I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the…
• Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

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