I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own

Quote by Margaret Fuller

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For precocity some great price is always demanded sooner or later in life.

For precocity some great price is always demanded sooner or later in life.

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out...

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out...

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to...

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to...

A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as...

A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as...

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to...

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to...

I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.

I am suffocated and lost when I have not the bright feeling of progression.

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to...

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to...

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth...

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth...

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more...

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more...

The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.

The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect...

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect...

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.

Very early, I knew that the only object in life was to grow.

Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the...

Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the...

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way

Genius, in truth, means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way