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is distinguished from manners in that manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.

Manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.

is an abandonment to ideas, a surrender to persons.

Conversation is an abandonment to ideas, a surrender to persons.

is angular, conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity.

Debate is angular, conversation circular and radiant of the underlying unity.

Debate is masculine ; conversation is feminine.

 always conveys a sense of reserved force.

Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.

 imparts itself magnetically and fuses all into one happy and harmonious unity of feeling and sentiment.

Enthusiasm imparts itself magnetically and fuses all into one happy and harmonious unity of feeling and sentiment

is, as a family with children, at the center and ornament of the perfect society.

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

is more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs.

Friends are the leaders of the bosom, being more ourselves than we are, and we complement our affections in theirs.

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

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

is distinguished from character in that manners carry the world for the moment, character for all time.

is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.

Modesty is bred of self-reverence. Fine manners are the mantle of fair minds.

is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand... the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon... of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars... actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll.

Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand... the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon... of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars... actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll. Amos Bronson Alcott

is an easy virtue, and has great purchasing power.

is not the art of the possible, but the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

Madame de Stagl pronounced architecture to be frozen music; so is statuary crystallized spirituality.

is best kept low. Lower taxes give people money to do things and have fun, which brings more activity to the marketplace.

I'm always for lower taxes because lower taxes make people want to do things. Less burden, more fun, and economics is about people wanting to have fun. Growth is fun for people in the marketplace. Amity Shlaes

is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind.

Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind.

is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness.

Truth is sensitive and jealous of the least encroachment upon its sacredness.

is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.

The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.

is, for the Trobriand Islanders, felt as ugly owing to the stringy hair, axe-blade-like nose, spots on the white skin, and big eyes like water puddles.

Europeans, the natives frankly say, are not good-looking. The straight hair 'coming round the heads of women like threads of im' (course pandanus fibre used for making strings)... the nose, 'sharp as an axe blad'... the thin lips... the big eyes, 'like water puddles'... the white skin with spots on it like those of an albino all these the natives say (and no doubt feel) are ugly.' (malinowski)

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