I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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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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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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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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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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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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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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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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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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