57 ordspråk av Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
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Love is a great beautifier.
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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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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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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.
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Never use a long word when a short one will do
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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us-and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.
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People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.
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Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her
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Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests
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