Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1680 |
| AUTHOR: | Margaret Fuller (1810–50) |
| QUOTATION: | I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Perry Miller, “I Find No Intellect Comparable to My Own,” American Heritage, February 1957, p. 22, says she made the remark at Emerson’s table and adds, “she was speaking the truth.” |
| SUBJECTS: | Self-importance |