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Amos Bronson Alcott
Age: 88 †
Born: 1799
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 4
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First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
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Good discourse sinks differences and seeks agreements.
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Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps.
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The head best leaves to the heart what the heart alone divines.
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Opposition strengthens the manly will.
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I find my past in my present, and from these forecast my future.
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There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.
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Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
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Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience
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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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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.
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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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Where women are, the better things are implied if not spoken.
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Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind.
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The more one endeavors to sound the depths of his ignorance the deeper the chasm appears.
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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
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Many are those who can argue few are those who can converse
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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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Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.
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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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