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Them Quotes by Amos Bronson Alcott
- Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
- If the ancients left us ideas, to our credit be it spoken that we moderns are building houses for them -- structures which neither Plato…
- The books that charmed us in youth recall the delight ever afterwards; we are hardly persuaded there are any like them, any deserving our equal…
- A birthday is a good time to begin a new; throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.
- Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly, nor need we but love them devotedly to become…
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
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- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
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