Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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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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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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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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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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