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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
Philosopher
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Bronson Alcott
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Our ideals are our better selves.
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Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.
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The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.
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A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.
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Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.
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Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll.
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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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One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books.
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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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Memory marks the horizon of our consciousness, imagination its zenith.
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Traveling is no fool's errand to him who carries his eyes and itinerary along with him.
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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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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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Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
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