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

Topics: Body Quotes, Houses Quotes

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to...

Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to...

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 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...

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...

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.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.