Quote#Wisdom
It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a…
Quote byMargaret Fuller · 1810–1850
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Notes from Cambridge, Massachusetts (July 1842) published in Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1852), Vol. II, p. 64.
English (original)
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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