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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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...

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

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

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,...

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,...

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...

Give me love and work - these two only

Give me love and work - these two only

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Give me love and work - these two only.

Give me love and work - these two only.

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...

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...

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...

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love...

A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love...

Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the end

Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the end

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of...

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of...