Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTGood books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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Love is a great beautifier.
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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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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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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 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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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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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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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 am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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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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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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