Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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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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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
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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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