Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.

Quote by Margaret Fuller

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

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;...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

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...

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...

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...

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity

There's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all naught,...

There's no trust, no faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, all forsworn, all naught,...