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More Quotes from Amos Bronson Alcott:
Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.Amos Bronson Alcott
First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
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Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.
Amos Bronson Alcott
Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
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Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
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To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
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