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Conversation presupposes a common sympathy in the subject, a great equality in the speakers; absence of egotism, a tender criticism of what is spoken.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

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The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.

Orphic Sayings (1840)

Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.

Concord Days (1872)

Genius is but the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being.

The Doctrine and Discipline of Human Culture (1836)

Divination seems heightened and raised to its highest power in woman.

Concord Days (1872)

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

Table-Talk (1877)

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