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An author who sets his reader on sounding the depths of his own thoughts serves him best.
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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Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence.
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Debate is angular, conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity.
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Man is a living lie--a bitter jest Upon himself--a conscious grain of sand Lost in a desert of unconsciousness.
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A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.
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Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression
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Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.
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