It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTSimple, 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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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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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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