Many argue; not many converse.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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