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

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...

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...

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 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;...

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

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...

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...

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...

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who...

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who...

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

I have nothing to declare except my genius.

I have nothing to declare except my genius.