A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTA true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTIf the ancients left us ideas, to our credit be it spoken that we moderns are building houses for them — structures which neither Plato nor Archimedes had dreamed possible.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTDevotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTTruth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTFullness is always quiet; agitation will answer for empty vessels only.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTOne’s outlook is a part of his virtue.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTOne must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTWhile one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTCivilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTFriendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTEvery dogma embodies some shade of truth to give it seeming currency.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTGenius–the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTThe richest minds need not large libraries.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTA work of real merit finds favor at last.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTA government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTThe passions refuse to be organized on a basis of their own; hostile to personal freedom and one another, they rush precipitately into anarchy and mob rule.
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