Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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