Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

Quote by Margaret Fuller

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

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

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...

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.

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.

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to...

The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to...

It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that...

It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that...

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...

It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be...

It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be...

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...

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.

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;...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...