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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.

Louisa May Alcott

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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Children Empty Face Happiness Heart Lonely Shine Sun World
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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Book Happiness Life Myself Necessary Pay People Reading Reality Sin Willing
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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Angel Beautiful Feeling Flower Learning Lesson Mystery Thinking Writing
For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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Fear Gratitude Love Pride
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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Name Right Stand Truth Victory Willing Win
A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Forever Joy Lost Peace Time
Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Enjoyment Talk Woman
Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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Better Fame Lose Perfection Struggle
Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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People Shadow Sunshine
The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Beautiful Body Growth Mindset Strength Strong Togetherness Woman
Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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Charm Friendship Stay Vocabulary
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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Best Help Myself Opinion Question Settle Thinking Way Woman
Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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Blessing Flower Fragrance Generosity Growth Love Miracle
I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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Beautiful Believe Duty Live Man Right Woman Yourself
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Action Believe Doubtful Greatness Strong Weakness
The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Beautiful Hands Humble Love

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