Genius–the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.
AMOS BRONSON ALCOTTDevotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression
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My favorite books have a personality and complexion as distinctly drawn as if the author’s portrait were framed into the paragraphs and smiled upon me as I read his illustrated pages.
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A work of real merit finds favor at last.
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The richest minds need not large libraries.
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Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps.
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Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression
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There are truths that shield themselves behind veils, and are best spoken by implication. Even the sun veils himself in his own rays to blind the gaze of the too curious starer.
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One must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm.
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A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
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Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
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One’s outlook is a part of his virtue.
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Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds.
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Every dogma embodies some shade of truth to give it seeming currency.
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A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
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Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind.
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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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