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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt takes two flints to make a fire.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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 very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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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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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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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