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Where women are, the better things are implied if not spoken.

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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Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll.
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A sip is the most than mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight.
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Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds.
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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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Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.
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Enthusiasm imparts itself magnetically and fuses all into one happy and harmonious unity of feeling and sentiment.
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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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While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.
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Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
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Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
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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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Travel makes all men countrymen, makes people noblemen and kings, every man tasting of liberty and dominion.
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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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One's life should be sufficiently interesting to furnish entertainment in the record.
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Our ideals are our better selves.
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Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.
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Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.
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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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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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