Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTConceit spoils the finest genius.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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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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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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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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I want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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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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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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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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