"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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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
"If you exercise your mind, George, it will get hungry just as your body does."
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Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
"Simple, generous goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us."
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Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
"Conceit spoils the finest genius."
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
"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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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety. It shows itself in acts rather than in words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
"Housekeeping ain't no joke."
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott