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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTDon’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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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Many argue; not many converse.
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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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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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In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.
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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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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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