“I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”
William Morris (1834–1896) author, designer, and craftsman
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“Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets; for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say.”
Source: The Statesman (1836), Ch. 18. p. 131
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