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I'm tired of praise and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.
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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I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked.
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So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.
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. . . for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole.
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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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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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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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Jo's breath gave out here, and wrapping her head in the paper, she bedewed her little story with a few natural tears, for to be independent and earn the praise of those she loved were the dearest wishes of her heart, and this seemed to be the first step toward that happy end.
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…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Madam de Stael pronounced architecture to be frozen music so is statuary crystalized spirituality.
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The female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps.
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The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.
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No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man.
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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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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Love is a beautifier.
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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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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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