Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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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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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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One 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.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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