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The richest minds need not large libraries.
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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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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There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.
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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
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Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds.
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All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.
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Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides.
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A sip is the most than mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight.
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Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness.
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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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