Beware of the prevalence of cant; nothing is so apt to demor... - Harriet Martineau

"Beware of the prevalence of cant; nothing is so apt to demoralize as false pretense."

Harriet Martineau Truth

Sociologist Writer British 1802–1876

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"If we would have anything of value, we must earn it by labor."

"I am naturally a dissenter and a rebel, and I have my own thoughts."

"The true object of education should be to make people not merely docile, but free."

"No one can be really free while bound by debt."

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!"

"You must always be honest with the people you love."

"Truth always comes out in the end."

"Honesty is always the best policy."