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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

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...

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

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

Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact...

Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact...

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

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

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...

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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.