Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTA faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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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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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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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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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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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.
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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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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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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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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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