To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age. (Amos Bronson Alcott)

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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