Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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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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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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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