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Louisa May Alcott

Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Business Failure Fame Goodness Life Money Philosophy Rich Simplicity World
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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Faith Friendship Treasure
Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Growth Myself Time Try
Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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Bad Children Father God Man Noble Work
Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Happiness Myself Production
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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Bad Death Live Logic Man Worth
We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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Amazing Best Come Help
Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Flower Learning Natural Open
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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Easy Happiness Help Kindness Love Pain Sorrow Sympathy World
It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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Fire Glory Greatness Reality
The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Beautiful Body Growth Mindset Strength Strong Togetherness Woman
The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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Accident Brave Design Fear Kill Mad Possession Weapon
People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Amazing Moral People Price
I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Inspirational Learning Myself Storm Worry
The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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Better Hard Lose Lost Man Rule Scars Soul Teach Yourself
She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Book Brain Herself

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