Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Quote by Margaret Fuller

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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.

It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more...

It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more...

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...

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

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

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it.

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

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...

Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact...

Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact...

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

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...

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and...

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and...

It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that...

It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that...

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

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.

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...

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...

It is a vulgar error that love, a love, to woman is her whole existence;...

It is a vulgar error that love, a love, to woman is her whole existence;...

Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the...

Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the...

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.

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.