Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTConceit spoils the finest genius.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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