The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTProve that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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 takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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