Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTOne of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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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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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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