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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.

Louisa May Alcott

My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Beginning Book People Thinking
He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Death Hard Herself Life Love Nature Passion
Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Bad Children Father God Man Noble Work
There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Experiment Fear Freedom Goodness Liberty Reality Shame Slave Try World
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Body Book Company Faith Goodness Love Soul Yourself
Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Forget Memories Preserve Yourself
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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Evil Money Root
It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Eyes Love Ordinary Wisdom
I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Adventure Inspirational Myself One Liner Travel
If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Alive Friendship Growth Inspirational See Time
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Beautiful Happiness Humble Life Love Power
Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Happiness Myself Production
It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Fire Glory Greatness Reality
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Age Beautiful Evidence Happiness Old Play Regret Success Time Understand Work Worth Youth
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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Children Empty Face Happiness Heart Lonely Shine Sun World
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Book Choice Enjoyment Friendship Goodness Selection

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