Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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Better lose your life than your soul.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Let 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.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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