Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWomen have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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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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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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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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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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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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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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