Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTEvery house needs a grandmother in it.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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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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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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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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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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