Dorothea Dix Professions : Nurse Born : April 4, 1802 Died : July 17, 1887 Browse All Authors Top 43 quotes by Dorothea Dix My wish is to be known only thru my work. Dorothea Dix only known wish work Pleasures take to themselves wings and fly away; true knowledge remains forever. Dorothea Dix fly true wings knowledge Indulged habits of dependence create habits of indolence, and indolence opens the portal to petty errors, to many degrading habits, and to vice and crime with their attendant train of miseries. Dorothea Dix create crime errors train Similar Authors Alison Kitson nurse Betty Shabazz nurse Irena Sendler nurse Hildegard Peplau nurse Claire Fagin nurse Faye Wattleton nurse All Authors