Author: Amos Bronson Alcott

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A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

- Amos Bronson Alcott

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.

- 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.

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

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

- Amos Bronson Alcott

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

- Amos Bronson Alcott

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

- Amos Bronson Alcott

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

- Amos Bronson Alcott

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.

- Amos Bronson Alcott

Our dreams drench us in sense, and sense steeps us again in dreams.

Our dreams drench us in sense, and sense steeps us again in dreams.

- Amos Bronson Alcott

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