It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWell, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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.
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I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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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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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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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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