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"News from Nowhere" Quotes

"News from Nowhere" by William Morris is a utopian novel depicting a future socialist society in England where people live harmoniously without private property or industrial capitalism.

utopias | 256 pages | Published in 1891

Quotes

If others can see it as I have seen it, then it may be called a vision rather than a dream.

William Morris

visiondream

The only wealth is life.

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wealthlife

For what man sees, he may hope to do; and seeing and hoping are the duty of mankind.

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hopeduty

Past and future are only a division of time; the present is all that is.

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timepresent

The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.

William Morris

knowledgebeauty

Pleasure is the only thing worth having a theory about.

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pleasuretheory

To be free is to live in a society of equals.

William Morris

freedomequality

Every man is a necessary man.

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necessityindividuality

Our business is not to make a bundle of choice things for a few, but to make the world as pleasant as possible for all.

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societyequality

Happiness without truth is like a painted toy which deceives children.

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happinesstruth