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Our favorites are few since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey.
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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One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books, though preparation is necessary to profitable reading and the less reading is better than more--book-struck men are of all readers least wise, however knowing or learned.
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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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Debate is angular, conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity.
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While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.
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A sip is the most than mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight.
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Wherever comes man comes tragedy and comedy also.
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A good style fits like a good costume.
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Inspiration must find answering inspiration.
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Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in woman.
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If the ancients left us ideas, to our credit be it spoken that we moderns are building houses for them -- structures which neither Plato nor Archimedes had dreamed possible.
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Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides.
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Sleep on your writing take a walk over it scrutinize it of a morning review it of an afternoon digest it after a meal let it sleep in your drawer a twelvemonth never venture a whisper about it to your friend, if he be an author especially.
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Evil is retributive: every trespass slips fetters on the will, holds the soul in durance till contrition and repentance restore it to liberty.
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First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
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Nor is a day lived if the dawn is left out of it, with the prospects it opens. Who speaks charmingly of nature or of mankind, like him who comes bibulous of sunrise and the fountains of waters?
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The books that charmed us in youth recall the delight ever afterwards we are hardly persuaded there are any like them, any deserving our equal affections.
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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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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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Whatsoever stirs the stagnant currents, setting these flowing in wholesome directions, promotes brisk spirits and productive thinking. The less of routine, the more of life.
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Despair snuffs the sun from the firmament.
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