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Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.

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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First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
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Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
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A birthday is a good time to begin a new throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.
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A sip is the most than mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight.
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One does not see his thought distinctly till it is reflected in the image of another's.
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The less routine the more life.
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A good style fits like a good costume.
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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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