Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps.


Table Talk (1877)

Amos Bronson Alcott Quotes

Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps.

Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps.

Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps.

Modesty, that perennial flower planted instinctively in the human breast, blooms therein only as continence guards and virtue keeps.