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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTProve that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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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.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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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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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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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