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Children are illuminated text-books, breviaries of doctrine, living bodies of divinity, open always and inviting their elders to peruse the characters inscribed on the lovely leaves.
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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The mind is fast emancipating itself from the dominion of man and of matter. It has let loose fearful forces on the world.
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A happy childhood is the pledge of a ripe manhood.
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A sip is the most than mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight.
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Every noble life becomes a revelation of the spirit which the love and joy of mankind cannot let perish from remembrance.
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One's life should be sufficiently interesting to furnish entertainment in the record.
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Of books in our time the variety is so voluminous, and they follow so fast from the press, that one must be a swift reader to acquaint himself even with their titles, and wise to discern what are worth reading.
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Cities with all their advantages have something hostile to liberal learning, the seductions are so subtle and accost the senses so openly on all sides.
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The finer literature, indeed, is characterized by a certain suffusion of the feminine flavor, the finer, the more ideal, thought plumed with sentiment even science loves to spring from its feet, philosophy affect the clouds to inspire and edify.
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Memory marks the horizon of our consciousness, imagination its zenith.
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There are truths that shield themselves behind veils, and are best spoken by implication. Even the sun veils himself in his own rays to blind the gaze of the too curious starer.
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One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
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A check on itself, evil subserves the economies of good, as it were a condiment to give relish to good.
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Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.
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The head best leaves to the heart what the heart alone divines.
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Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence.
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Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.
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Who loves a garden, still his Eden keeps, Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvests reaps.
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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
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First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
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The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.
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