She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHonesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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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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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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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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I want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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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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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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