If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.

Quote by William Morris

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No man is good enough to be another's master.

No man is good enough to be another's master.

Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of...

Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell; fellowship is life, and lack of...

If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of...

If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of...

Give me love and work - these two only

Give me love and work - these two only

What is this the sound and rumor? What is this that all men hear, Like...

What is this the sound and rumor? What is this that all men hear, Like...

Give me love and work - these two only.

Give me love and work - these two only.

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details...

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because...

It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because...

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people,...

History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people,...

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from...

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from...

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in...

The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in...

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the...

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

People who love only once in their lives are. . . shallow people. What they...

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But...

The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But...

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body

I only go to work on days that don't end in a 'y'.

I only go to work on days that don't end in a 'y'.