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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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.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...