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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.
Amos Bronson Alcott
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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
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Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.
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Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.
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Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams.
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