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Beauty1 quote
I was half mad with beauty on that day. — William Morris · 1858
Clutter1 quote
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. — William Morris · 1882
What I mean by Socialism is a condition of society in which there should be neither rich nor poor, neither master nor master's man, neither idle nor overworked, neither brain-sick brain workers nor heart-sick hand workers, in a word, in which all men would be living in equality of condition, and would manage their affairs unwastefully, and with the full consciousness that harm to one would mean harm to all-the realization at last of the meaning of the word commonwealth. — William Morris · 1894
Equality1 quote
What I mean by Socialism is a condition of society in which there should be neither rich nor poor, neither master nor master's man, neither idle nor overworked, neither brain-sick brain workers nor heart-sick hand workers, in a word, in which all men would be living in equality of condition, and would manage their affairs unwastefully, and with the full consciousness that harm to one would mean harm to all-the realization at last of the meaning of the word commonwealth. — William Morris · 1894
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. — William Morris · 1882
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. — William Morris · 1882
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. — William Morris · 1882
Socialism1 quote
What I mean by Socialism is a condition of society in which there should be neither rich nor poor, neither master nor master's man, neither idle nor overworked, neither brain-sick brain workers nor heart-sick hand workers, in a word, in which all men would be living in equality of condition, and would manage their affairs unwastefully, and with the full consciousness that harm to one would mean harm to all-the realization at last of the meaning of the word commonwealth. — William Morris · 1894