Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTNothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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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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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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