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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTFather asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Many argue; not many converse.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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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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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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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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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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I want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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