| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 24163 |
| QUOTATION: | Only what is rare is valuable.
Let no one dare to call another mad who is not himself willing to rank in the same class for every perversion and fault of judgment. Let no one dare aid in punishing another as criminal who is not willing to suffer the penalty due to his own offenses. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Margaret Fuller (1810–1850), U.S. author, literary critic, journalist. repr. In Brilliant Bylines, Barbara Belford, Columbia University Press, New York (1986). Article, p. 19, New York Daily Tribune (February 22, 1845). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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