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Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.

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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The passions refuse to be organized on a basis of their own hostile to personal freedom and one another, they rush precipitately into anarchy and mob rule.
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One's life should be sufficiently interesting to furnish entertainment in the record.
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Hold fast, therefore, O circular philosopher, to thy centre, and drive the globe along its orbit by the momentum of thy thought.
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Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.
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Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
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Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression
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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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Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs.
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Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.
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Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.
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