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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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...

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.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.

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...

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.

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...

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

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.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Real luxury is time and opportunity to read for pleasure

Real luxury is time and opportunity to read for pleasure

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the...

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the...

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.