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Margaret Fuller

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Not every great thinker makes it into the history books, but Margaret Fuller's words speak for themselves. Whether reflecting on Food or Experience, Margaret Fuller brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Browse 14 quotes by Margaret Fuller that cover ground from Food, Experience, Work, Wisdom, and Truth. Consider this gem from Margaret Fuller: "A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body."

“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

Food

All Quotes by Margaret Fuller

“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.”

— Margaret Fuller

Leadership

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

— Margaret Fuller

Future

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

— Margaret Fuller

Work

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

— Margaret Fuller

Knowledge

“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

Politics

“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

Food

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

— Margaret Fuller

Dreams

“The character and history of each child may be a new and poetic experience to the parent, if he will let it.”

— Margaret Fuller

Experience

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

— Margaret Fuller

Wisdom

“A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body.”

— Margaret Fuller

Food

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

— Margaret Fuller

Experience