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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTYou are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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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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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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Many argue; not many converse.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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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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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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