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…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
Domestic Worker
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Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
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It is my opinion that this day will never come to an end, said Prince, with a yawn that nearly rent him assunder.
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The patience and the humility of the face she loved so well was a better lesson to Jo than the wisest lecture, the sharpest reproof.
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[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.
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Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.
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Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let's meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.
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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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Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
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To most the end comes as naturally and simply as sleep.
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…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.
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Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.
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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.
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...a capital patient, as she never died and never got well.
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