It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true.

- Harriet Martineau

it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.

- Harriet Martineau

Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.

- 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 preten…

- Harriet Martineau

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows…

- Harriet Martineau

influence which is given on the side of money is usually against truth.

- Harriet Martineau

It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring.

- Harriet Martineau

The imagination, once awakened, must and will work, and ought to work

- Harriet Martineau

I loved, as I still love, the most monotonous life possible.

- Harriet Martineau