I want to do something splendid…
Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead…
I think I shall write books.


Louisa May Alcott

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A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground.
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Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words.
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In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness.
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Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.
The man who has strong opinions and always says what he thinks is courageous - and friendless.
Friendship is love with understanding.
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Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan.
Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment.
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An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation
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If you would attain greatness, think no little thoughts.
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The guilty catch themselves.
Good habits are formed; bad habits we fall into.
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Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it.
Hate pollutes the mind.
If we miraculously became the people we hate, how lovable we would find ourselves.
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Age withers only the outside.
Where ambition ends happiness begins.
The best answer to answer to anger is silence.
The size of a man is measured by the size of the thing that makes him angry.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
People who know the least always argue the most.
If you look for the positive things in life; you will find them.
What we are doing at the moment is more that just one thing added to the rest; it is a memoir.
Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes
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He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance
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Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
LOUISA ALCOTT
My occupation is solely that of a painter. No one can argue with pictures (re descriptions in Uncle ...
LOUISA MAE ALCOTT
Housekeeping ain't no joke.
LOUIS MAY ALCOTT