Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare. -Harriet Martineau

 

Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.


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This quote is just one of 11 total Harriet Martineau quotes in our collection. Harriet Martineau is known for saying 'Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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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Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.

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Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts. -Harriet Martineau
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There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.

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216

Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom they do not love, they must love those whom they do not marry.

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214
What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than that of teaching? -Harriet Martineau
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A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties.

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