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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. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…Jo valued the letter more than the money, because it was encouraging, and after years of effort it was so pleasant to find that she had learned to do something… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…it is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell her… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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