Quotes by Maria Mitchell

"There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness."

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

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"We especially need imagination in science."

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"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 more we see, the more we are capable of seeing."

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"That knowledge which is popular is not scientific."

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"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 thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own."

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"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."

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