Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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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 don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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