Money Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

23 Money quotes by Louisa May Alcott

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Alcott’s 23 snippets reveal a 19 keen eye on the financial realities of everyday life. From family budgeting to larger societal implications, her gentle yet firm tone makes the subject feel approachable.

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Money is a needful and precious thing

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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…

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Fame is a very good thing to have in the house, but cash is more convenient.

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“I don't envy her much, in spite of her money, for after all rich people have about as many worries as poor…

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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…

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And the good fairy said, I won't leave you money or pretty dresses but I will leave you the spirit to seek…

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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail,…

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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…

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Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is…

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“I've been so bothered with my property, that I'm tired of it, and don't mean to save up any more, but give…

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“money cannot buy refinement of nature, that rank does not always confer nobility, and that true breeding makes itself felt in spite…

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“Mother didn't say anything about our money, and she won't wish us to give up everything. Let's each buy what we want,…

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Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it…

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I've neither beauty, money, nor rank, yet every foolish boy mistakes my frank interest for something warmer, and makes me miserable. It…

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“I'm not ambitious for a splendid fortune, a fashionable position, or a great name for my girls. If rank and money come…

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“Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents…

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“for he had plenty of money and nothing to do, and Satan is proverbially fond of providing employment for full and idle…

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“What do you want?" and Rose looked up rather surprised. "I'd like to borrow some money. I shouldn't think of asking you,…

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When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the…

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“Oh, don't I wish I could manage things for you as I do for my heroines! You're pretty enough and good enough…

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“I told my plan to Fritz once, and he said it was just what he would like, and agreed to try it…

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If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so,…

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When I had the youth I had no money, now I have the money I have no time, and when I get…

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Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution.

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“…the child's heart bled when it was broken.”

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“She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl…

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“I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a…

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“Chance words spoken in kindness often help amazingly; and that's what old people are here for -- else their experience is of little use.”

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“Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.”

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Oft in the silence of the night, When the lonely moon rides high, When wintry winds are whistling, And we hear the owl's shrill…

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But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity.

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“I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman' and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here…

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“If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really…

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“ "I do not ask for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the world within." ”

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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

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