"When a writer knows home in his heart,……" — William Morris
"When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it. He must always be a stranger to the place he loves, and its people."
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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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I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for…
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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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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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