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The less routine the more life.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
Philosopher
Poet
Teacher
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Bronson Alcott
Routine
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Life

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Like birds of passage, the instincts drift the soul adventurously beyond the horizon of sensible things, as if intent on convoying it to the mother country from whence it had flown.
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Memory marks the horizon of our consciousness, imagination its zenith.
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One must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm.
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Sloth is the tempter that beguiles and expels from paradise.
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Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience
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All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.
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Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs.
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Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.
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When one becomes indifferent to women, to children, and young people., he may know that he is superannuated, and has withdrawn from whatsoever is sweetest and purest in human existence.
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Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity and temperance is the regimen for all.
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Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.
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Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds.
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Right is the royal ruler alone and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.
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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
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Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?
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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly, nor need we but love them devotedly to become members of an immortal fraternity, superior to accident or change.
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Despair snuffs the sun from the firmament.
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The best teachers don't allow their own personal views to influence their teaching.
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Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence.
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A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women.
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