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Louisa May Alcott Quotes

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American Novelist November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888

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Many wise and true sermons are preached us everyday by unconscious ministers in street, school, office, or home; even a fair table may become a pulpit, if it can offer the good and helpful words which are never out of season. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their..."
she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "Women work a good many miracle?"
Women work a good many miracle? Louisa May Alcott
Don't let that young giant come near me, he worries me worse than mosquitoes," whispered the old lady to Amy, as the rooms filled and Laurie's black head towered above the rest."He has promised to be very good today, and he can be perfectly elegant if he likes," returned Amy, gliding away to war Hergules to beware of the dragon, which warning cased him to haunt the old lady with a devotion that nearly distracted her. Louisa May Alcott
Amy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward. Men seldom do, 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. Louisa May Alcott
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott
Oh, don't I wish I could manage things for you as I do for my heroines! You're pretty enough and good enough already, so I'd have some rich relation leave you a fortune unexpectedly; then you'd dash out as an heiress, scorn everyone who has slighted you, go abroad, and como home my Lady Something in a blaze of splendor and elegance. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "That is a good book it seems to me, which is opened with..."
That is a good book it seems to me, which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands..."
Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for m?"
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for m? Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "I like good strong words that mean somethin?"
I like good strong words that mean somethin? Louisa May Alcott
Remember sarcasm is forbidden and sincerity the order of the day. You are country folks now, and it will do you good to try their simple, honest ways for a few days. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck."
misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "It's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't..."
It's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want. Louisa May Alcott

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