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Poor dull Concord. Nothing colorful has come through here since the Redcoats.
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
Domestic Worker
Novelist
Nurse
Poet
Suffragette
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Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
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If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so, you'd save an immense deal of time and money and pain. A happy soul in a healthy body makes the best sort of beauty for man or woman.
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Life is like college may I graduate and earn some honors.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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…misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck.
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You have grown abominably lazy, and you like gossip, and waste time on frivolous things, you are contented to be petted and admired by silly people, instead of being loved and respected by wise ones.
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Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.
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…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.
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I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that.
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...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March)
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She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will,' then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.
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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
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…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.
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Don't cry so bitterly, but remember this day, and resolve with all your soul that you will never know another like it.
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The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.
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Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.
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The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed.
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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 is never too early to try and plant [good principles] in a child, and never too late to cultivate them in the most neglected person.
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where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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