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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWhere I wholly love I wholly trust.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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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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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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