Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTLet my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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 holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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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 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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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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