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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHonesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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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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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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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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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.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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