We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

Quote by Margaret Fuller

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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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and...

Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more...

It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more...

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

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

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

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...

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...

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.

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.