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Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep.

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
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Heaven

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One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books.
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Love is the key to felicity, nor is there a heaven to any who love not. We enter Paradise through its gates only.
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Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.
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Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams.
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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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Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.
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