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Quotes by Amos Bronson Alcott

  • STAY is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
  • No one is promiscuous in his way of dying. A man who has decided to hang himself will never jump in front of a train.
  • The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.
  • Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
  • Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression.
  • Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.
  • One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
  • The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.