Conceit spoils the finest genius.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTEvery house needs a grandmother in it.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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 humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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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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Many argue; not many converse.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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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