“Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.”
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Famous Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes
“Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.”
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“A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.”
“The less routine the more life.”
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“To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.”
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“Our ideals are our better selves.”
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“Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.”
Source: Concord Days
“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”
“Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.”
“Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.”
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“First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.”
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“One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.”
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“Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.”
“Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.”
“That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.”
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“Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.”
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“A work of real merit finds favor at last.”
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“Your real influence is measured by your treatment of yourself.”
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Source: Concord Days
“Many can argue - not many converse.”
Source: Concord Days
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“Nature is thought immersed in matter. . .”
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“Anger is the resentment of the animal, and gentle blood alone makes the gentleman.”
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“Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name.”
“Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps.”
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“All unrest is but the struggle of the soul to reassure herself of her inborn immortality.”
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Source: Tablets
“Cleanse the fountain if you would purify the streams.”
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“Time is one's best friend, teaching best of all the wisdom of silence.”
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“None can teach admirably if not loving his task.”
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“One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books.”
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“Wherever comes man comes tragedy and comedy also.”
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Source: Tablets
“Many are those who can argue; few are those who can converse”