Quotes by Martineau, Harriet

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare. >>

Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be >>

If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condit >>

Quotations about Servants

Few men have been admired of their familiars. >>

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their infe >>

The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go, she went. >>

For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.

Martineau, Harriet