Margaret Fuller Quotes

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

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

Nature provides exceptions to every rule. - Margaret Fuller

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

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience. - Margaret Fuller

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

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

It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive and a slave, than always to walk in armor. - Margaret Fuller

It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant. - Margaret Fuller

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

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