More quotes by William Morris

"Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung."
"If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it."
"History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created."
"The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life."
"I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name."