Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. - Amos Bronson Alcott

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It's very hard to describe to people sometimes the way I grew up, because it wasn't like my parents were irresponsible. They weren't necessarily reckless, but they were bringing all types of energy into the house, all kinds of people.

Amos Bronson Alcott

Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.

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

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

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First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

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Would Shakespeare and Raleigh have done their best, would that galaxy have shone so bright in the heavens had there been no Elizabeth on the throne?

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Goodnight world. While I sleep, I hope you'll all continue to do whatever it is you do. Unless you murder sleeping authors. Don't do that.

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By utility is meant that property is any object, whereby it tends to produce benefit, advantage, pleasure, good, or happiness(all this in the present case come to the same thing) or (what comes again to the same thing) to prevent the happening of mischief, pain, evil or unhappiness to the party who whose is considered: if that party be the community in general, then the happiness of the community; if a particular individual; then the happiness of that individual

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Countries are making nuclear weapons like there is no tomorrow.

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