Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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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.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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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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