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Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
Philosopher
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Bronson Alcott
Strength
Sympathizing
Strengthen
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Atheism
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An author who sets his reader on sounding the depths of his own thoughts serves him best.
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None can teach admirably if not loving his task.
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One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books, though preparation is necessary to profitable reading and the less reading is better than more--book-struck men are of all readers least wise, however knowing or learned.
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A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.
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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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The richest minds need not large libraries.
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Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.
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The more one endeavors to sound the depths of his ignorance the deeper the chasm appears.
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Pity the mother who assumes the name without being all this implies!
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A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
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When one becomes indifferent to women, to children, and young people., he may know that he is superannuated, and has withdrawn from whatsoever is sweetest and purest in human existence.
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Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.
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Nor do we accept, as genuine the person not characterized by this blushing bashfulness, this youthfulness of heart, this sensibility to the sentiment of suavity and self-respect. Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds. None are truly great without this ornament.
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The mind is fast emancipating itself from the dominion of man and of matter. It has let loose fearful forces on the world.
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Our favorites are few since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey.
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A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women.
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Equanimity is the gem in virtue's chaplet, and St. Sweetness the loveliest in her calendar.
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Time ripens the substance of a life as the seasons mellow and perfect its fruits. The best apples fall latest and keep longest.
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Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps.
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Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.
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