"I pondered all these things, and how men……" — William Morris
"I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name."
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William Morris
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26 Quotes by William Morris
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The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
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Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
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I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
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The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are…
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History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.
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If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it.
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So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the…
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The reward of labour is life. Is that not enough?
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A man at work, making something which he feels will exist because he is working at it and wills it,…
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A good way to rid one's self of a sense of discomfort is to do something. That uneasy, dissatisfied feeling…
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With the arrogance of youth, I determined to do no less than to transform the world with Beauty. If I…
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Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally…
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all…
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes…
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Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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