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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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?

The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?

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...

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...

If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art.

If you cannot learn to love real art at least learn to hate sham art.

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe...

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe...

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means...

So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means...

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...

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak

Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that...

Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that...

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.

She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes.

[The work] resembles a breech delivery-one which is expressed in rhythmic lurches, stabs of phrase...

[The work] resembles a breech delivery-one which is expressed in rhythmic lurches, stabs of phrase...