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There is no education which one can get from books and costly apparatus that is equal to that which can be gotten from contact with great men and women
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The brain of man is the social organ, the organ of communication. Through it flows the current of thought, whereby we are enabled to work together.
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All letters, methinks, should be free and easy as one's discourse; not studied as an oration, nor made up of hard words like a charm.
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A boy of spirit may acquire a previous and practical experience of the world; and his playfellows may be the future friends of his heart or his interest.
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Life is a mirror, and we find only ourselves reflected in our associates.
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In final account, then, not only does social life demand teaching and learning for its own permanence, but the very process of living together educates.
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Communication is a process of sharing experience till it becomes a common possession.
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It is better therefore to listen patiently to a friend's rebuke, for if he should afterwards do wrong himself and so need rebuke, he has set you the example of freedom of speech.
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Only in love are unity and duality not at variance.
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Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices.
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Intimate friends are not fair witnesses to character, any more than professed enemies.