"A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism."
"One cannot celebrate books sufficiently. After saying his best, still something better remains to be spoken in their praise. As with friends, one finds new beauties at every interview, and would stay long in the presence of those choice companions. As with friends, he may dispense with a wide acquaintance. Few and choice. The richest minds need not large libraries."
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Source: Amos Bronson Alcott (1877). “Table-talk”, p.5
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