Conceit spoils the finest genius.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTSalt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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