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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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A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.
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The head best leaves to the heart what the heart alone divines.
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Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
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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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Travel makes all men countrymen, makes people noblemen and kings, every man tasting of liberty and dominion.
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To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
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The richest minds need not large libraries.
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Many can argue - not many converse.
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Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness.
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One's outlook is a part of his virtue.
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The best teachers don't allow their own personal views to influence their teaching.
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One must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm.
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Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps.
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A birthday is a good time to begin a new throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.
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Ideas first and last: yet it is not till these are formulated and utilized that the devotees of the common sense discern their value and advantages. The idealist is the capitalist on whose resources multitudes are maintained life long. Ideas in the head set hands about their several tasks, thus carrying forward all human endeavors to their issues.
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A good style fits like a good costume.
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Creeds, like other goods, pass by inheritance to descendants.
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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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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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