One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTSalt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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