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William Morris Quotes: If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving tapestry, he had better shut up, he'll never do any good at all.
         

If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving tapestry, he had better shut up, he'll never do any good at all.


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The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in the daily details of life.



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I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we may.

I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we may.



I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.



There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.



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The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.



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Nothing should be made by man's labour which is not worth making, or which must be made by labour degrading to the makers.



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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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