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Wherever comes man comes tragedy and comedy also.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
Philosopher
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Bronson Alcott
Wherever
Tragedy
Comedy
Comes
Also
Men

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Good-humor, gay spirits, are the liberators, the sure cure for spleen and melancholy. Deeper than tears, these irradiate the tophets with their glad heavens. Go laugh, vent the pits, transmuting imps into angels by the alchemy of smiles. The satans flee at the sight of these redeemers.
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Of gifts, there seems none more becoming to offer a friend than a beautiful book.
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None can teach admirably if not loving his task.
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One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
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Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.
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Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.
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We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
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Experience converts us to ourselves when books fail us.
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