American - Educator | November 29, 1799 - March 4, 1888
A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
Amos Bronson Alcott
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Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides.
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Our ideals are our better selves.
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Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.
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Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
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Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.
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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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Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.
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Our dreams drench us in sense, and sense steeps us again in dreams.
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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
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