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Margaret Fuller Quotes on Virtue

Margaret Fuller was a 19th-century American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate, the first major figure of American feminist political thought and a central figure of the Transcendentalist movement. This page collects quotes attributed to Margaret Fuller on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Margaret Fuller:

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

  • Attributed to Margaret Fuller:

    “Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.”

  • Attributed to Margaret Fuller:

    “Genius will live and thrive without training, but it does not the less reward the watering pot.”

  • Attributed to Margaret Fuller:

    “Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.”