Conceit spoils the finest genius.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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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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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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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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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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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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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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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