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Louisa May Alcott
Rome took all...
Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up...
You have a...
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest...
All is fish...
All is fish that comes to the literary net. Goethe puts his joys and sorrows into poems, I turn my adventures into...
Fame is a...
Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more,...
Conceit spoils the...
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even...
Good books, like...
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
I like to...
I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever...
My definition [of...
My definition [of a philosopher] is a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine...
I am not...
I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Let my name...
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some...