Tremble not before the free man, but before the slave who has chains to break. Margaret Fuller More Quotes by Margaret Fuller More Quotes From Margaret Fuller It does not follow because many books are written by persons born in America that there exists an American literature. Books which imitate or represent the thoughts and life of Europe do not constitute an American literature. Before such can exist, an original idea must animate this nation and fresh currents of life must call into life fresh thoughts along the shore. Margaret Fuller reading europe book I know of no inquiry which the impulses of man suggests that is forbidden to the resolution of man to pursue. Margaret Fuller inquiry wisdom men But the golden-rod is one of the fairy, magical flowers; it grows not up to seek human love amid the light of day, but to mark to the discerning what wealth lies hid in the secret caves of earth. Margaret Fuller light flower lying 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 admiration ambitious genius I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own. Margaret Fuller knowing america people Most marvelous and enviable is that fecundity of fancy which can adorn whatever it touches, which can invest naked fact and dry reasoning with unlooked-for beauty, make flowers bloom even on the brow of the precipice, and, when nothing better can be had, can turn the very substance of rock itself into moss and lichens. This faculty is uncomparingly the most important for the vivid and attractive exhibition of truth to the minds of men. Margaret Fuller flower truth beauty A great work of Art demands a great thought or a thought of beauty adequately expressed. - Neither in Art nor Literature more than in Life can an ordinary thought be made interesting because well-dressed. Margaret Fuller beauty art interesting Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty. Margaret Fuller next appreciate appreciation All greatness affects different minds, each in its own particular kind, and the variations of testimony mark the truth of feeling. Margaret Fuller greatness mind feelings The man of science dissects the statement, verifies the facts, and demonstrates connection even where he cannot its purpose. Margaret Fuller connections men science Essays, entitled critical, are epistles addressed to the public, through which the mind of the recluse relieves itself of its impressions. Margaret Fuller recluse criticism mind Let no one dare to call another mad who is not himself willing to rank in the same class for every perversion and fault of judgment. Let no one dare aid in punishing another as criminal who is not willing to suffer the penalty due to his own offenses. Margaret Fuller mad suffering class Nature seems to have poured forth her riches so without calculation, merely to mark the fullness of her joy. Margaret Fuller riches nature joy Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot and the pruning knife. Margaret Fuller knives training education The Greeks saw everything in forms which we are trying to ascertain as law, and classify as cause. Margaret Fuller greek law thinking Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. As far as an amiable disposition and powers of entertainment make you so, it is a happiness; but if there is one grain of plausibility, it is poison. Margaret Fuller beloved entertainment poison The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work. Margaret Fuller criticism use writing All great expression, which on a superficial survey seems so easy as well as so simple, furnishes after a while, to the faithful observer, its own standard by which to appreciate it. Margaret Fuller greatness simple expression It is a vulgar error that love, a love, to woman is her whole existence; she is born for Truth and Love in their universal energy Margaret Fuller independent errors and-love Our desires, once realized, haunt us again less readily. Margaret Fuller desire
