Conceit spoils the finest genius.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMarriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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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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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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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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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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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.
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