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Amos Bronson Alcott on Christmas

1799–1888 United States

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Who loves a garden still his Eden keeps;
Perennial pleasures plants, and wholesome harvests reaps.

Tablets (1868)

Friendship is a plant that loves the sun, thrives ill under clouds.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

None can teach admirably if not loving his task.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Our favorites are few: since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men wheresoever love and letters journey.

Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Amos Bronson Alcott (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.