Quotes by Amos Bronson Alcott

Amos Bronson Alcott

Amos Bronson Alcott

American educator and social reformer

Lived from: 1799 - 1888

Category: Philosophers Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 29 november 1799 Died: 4 march 1888

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

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  • First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.
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  • One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
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  • 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.
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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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  • A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
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  • Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.
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  • Many can argue, not many converse.
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  • Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.
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  • Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.
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  • Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.
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  • Our ideals are our better selves.
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  • Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
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  • Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.
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  • That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
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  • The less routine the more life.
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  • The surest sign of age is loneliness.
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  • 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.
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  • Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.
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  • To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
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  • We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
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What are the most famous quotes from Amos Bronson Alcott?

The two most famous quotes from Amos Bronson Alcott are:

  • "First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others."
  • "One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well."

When did Amos Bronson Alcott live?

Amos Bronson Alcott was born in 1799 and died in the year 1888.