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Fullness is always quiet agitation will answer for empty vessels only.
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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I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.
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First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
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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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Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness.
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Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep.
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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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Conversation is an abandonment to ideas, a surrender to persons.
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A happy childhood is the pledge of a ripe manhood.
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Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
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Hold fast, therefore, O circular philosopher, to thy centre, and drive the globe along its orbit by the momentum of thy thought.
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A sip is the most than mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight.
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Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
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