Margaret Fuller Quotes

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.

Margaret Fuller , Critic
Two persons love in one another the future good wh... -Margaret Fuller

Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.

Margaret Fuller , Critic

It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods.

Margaret Fuller , Critic
Men for the sake of getting a living forget to liv... -Margaret Fuller

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

Margaret Fuller , Critic
Discovering the context

This quote suggests that many men, driven by the necessity of earning a livelihood, become so consumed by work or financial obligations that they neglect to truly experience or enjoy life itself.

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.

Margaret Fuller , Critic
We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves... -Margaret Fuller

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

Margaret Fuller , Critic
Discovering the context

This quote implies that it is necessary to listen to the justifications or rationalizations that men create to justify their lack of value or worth.

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.... -Margaret Fuller

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

Margaret Fuller , Critic
If you have knowledge, let others light their cand... -Margaret Fuller

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

Margaret Fuller , Critic

It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance.

Margaret Fuller , Critic

Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Margaret Fuller , Critic

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

Margaret Fuller , Critic

Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.

Margaret Fuller , Critic
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.... -Margaret Fuller

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Margaret Fuller , Critic

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