Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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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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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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