"Man tells his aspiration in his God but in his demon he shows his depth of experience."

Experience

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This quotation examines the core nature of Experience as articulated by Margaret Fuller. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Experience provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Margaret Fuller

Sarah Margaret Fuller, sometimes referred to as Margaret Fuller Ossoli, was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first American female war correspondent and full-time book reviewer in journalism. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century is considered the first major feminist work in the United States.

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"It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods."

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"Be what you would seem to be - or, if you'd like it put more simply - a house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body."

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"Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking."

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"It seems that it is madder never to abandon oneself, than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive, and a slave, than always to walk in armor."

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"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward."

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"Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going."

— Christopher Morley
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"He wasn't sure exactly which day, but what's noteworthy about that is that is also before Valerie Plame is first identified in the Robert Novak piece that ran on Monday, July 14."

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