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My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
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I went [to war] because I couldn't help it. I didn't want the glory or the pay I wanted the right thing done.
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where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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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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...and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.
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I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
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If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable doing wrong, I should get on capitally.
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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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The moment Aunt March took her nap, or was busy with company, Jo hurried to this quiet place, and curling herself up in the easy chair, devoured poetry, romance, history, travels, and pictures like a regular bookworm.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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And the good fairy said, I won't leave you money or pretty dresses but I will leave you the spirit to seek your fortune from your own efforts.
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