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Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.
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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Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.
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Fullness is always quiet agitation will answer for empty vessels only.
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Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence.
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All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.
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Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.
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Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity and temperance is the regimen for all.
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