Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTA time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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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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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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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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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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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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Love is a great beautifier.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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Many argue; not many converse.
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