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Easy come, easy go... Achieve-everything-while-doing-nothing schemes don't work, they are just not logical
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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Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs.
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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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The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.
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Sleep on your writing take a walk over it scrutinize it of a morning review it of an afternoon digest it after a meal let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially.
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Plans made in the nursery Can change the course of history
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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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Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.
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First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
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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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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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