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

Margaret Fuller · Wisdom

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Margaret Fuller

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.

Politics

Margaret Fuller

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

Experience

Margaret Fuller

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

Knowledge

Margaret Fuller

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

Dreams